Thanks Alex and Rob...
I did send a reply to eBay asking questions (suspension at ebay.com), about a week ago. I waited, and then posted my question to the group. Guess what? I just got a reply from them at the same time that I got yours here it is: > Thank you for taking the time to write to us about this sudden suspension from > eBay. We have strong reason to believe that your eBay account password had > been compromised. Unfortunately we are not able to disclose the details > surrounding the investigative procedures that led us to that conclusion, > however, we assure you that our action was in the best interest of the safety > of your account. > > In order to prevent any fraudulent activity from occurring we chose to > temporarily close the account until we had heard from you. This process > allows us to give back sole control of the account to you with instructions > regarding the account and its future safety. > > Our main goal now is restoring your account back to you as quickly and safely > as is possible. We have reinstated your account and only request the > following to ensure the safety of your account: > > Please go to the eBay site and change your password as soon as possible. You > can do this by following the instructions below: > > 1. Go to the eBay.com homepage. > 2. Click on the 'site map' link found on the top of the navigation bar on the > homepage. > 3. Scroll down the 'site map' looking in the 'Services' column until you see > the 'My eBay' heading. > 4. You will see that the second link under the 'My eBay' heading is 'Change > my password'. Click on it and proceed with those directions. > > ***Please note that when choosing a password we strongly recommend that you > choose a password that includes both letters and numbers*** > > If the password that you used for your eBay account was also the password for > your email account, or any online account where you have stored information > that you consider to be sensitive, we recommend that that you change that > password on those sites as well as a safety precaution. > > Any information that you have stored on our site can be considered safe at > this point. If you have submitted any sensitive information via email > recently please consider taking the necessary steps to ensure that that > information is protected from possible misuse. Thank you so much for your > patience in this matter. We truly appreciate your understanding in this > situation. > > > Regards, > Customer Support (Trust and Safety Department) > none > Now, does this look legitamete to you? Thanks again, David Dudine ---------------- > From: Alex Whitman <alylex at earthlink.net> > Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 18:31:16 -0500 > To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Subject: Re: MacGroup: eBay suspension > > 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>. >> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
