This really piqued my curiosity, so I went to eBay's help section for more info:
(ebay help : Account : Suspended Account Information) Note: Some members have reported attempts to gain access to their personal information through emails that are made to appear as having come from eBay and say that your account has been or will be suspended. These solicitations will often contain links to Web pages that will request that you sign-in and submit information. At eBay, we identify these as "spoofed" emails or Web sites. Please review information about protecting your account and reporting this type of email. ~~~ If your account was suspended for legitimate reasons you can fix it through the help pages. David, I would guess you were "spoofed," and I hope you haven't sent that fax and that you will report the email to eBay. Sure looks to me like a third-party effort to harvest personal information for not-so benign purposes. Alex Whitman On Friday, March 28, 2003, at 05:46 PM, David Dudine wrote: > > > > MacGroup, > > Can someone tell me what an FPA notice is? And Section 9? > Am I being singled out, or is every eBay user now required to submit a > copy > of their driver's license? > > I have purchased on eBay, but not frequently. I can't imagine that > they > have a copy of the driver's license of every user, and I don't know if > I > want them to have mine. > > Thanks, > > David Dudine > > > -------------------------- > > FPA NOTICE: eBay Registration Suspension - Section 9 - ddudine at psci.net > > Due to eBay site security measures, we recently removed your > information > from our site. We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience. > > To have your account restored, please send a faxed copy of your > driver's > license, a valid phone number, and your eBay user ID to: > > (801) 545 - 2700 > > Faxing the information requested above will be the quickest way to > have your > account restored. > > If you are not comfortable with that process you can visit our website > and > write to us through the Help Pages for further instructions on account > restoration. To access the Help Pages, please visit any eBay page and > click > the "Help" button found on the navigation bar at the top of most of our > pages. When the "Help" window appears, click on the "My Account" tab, > then > the "Suspended Account" tab. > > Thank you for your patience and understanding in this matter. > > Regards, > > Safeharbor Department > eBay, Inc. > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be March 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2681 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20030328/d4ef3654/attachment.bin
