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I got this earlier today via my blackberry, and from there it looks the real deal, even down to using my email details that are with ebay - not just "dear user" the MC039 bit was in the full yellow stripe that is on their emails it also uses the type of code that for anyone using ebay knows is what they do when you are in trouble, near your listings limit, etc. it was only when i got in and checked it on my actual ebay account, that i could see it was not a message from them, but as there are many new shop owners, it thought it worth posting, they are getting better and more convincing, and when you have a busy shop you do not want shutting you may end up sending something without realising. so once again - log into your account and see if they have sent you a message there, never take an email and reply to it, without checking your account first.

еBау ѕеnt thіѕ mеѕѕаgе tо ([EMAIL="fatmaggottshirts@gmail.com]my full ebay email was here@gmail.com[/EMAIL]).
Υоuг геgіѕtегеd еmаіl іѕ іnсludеd tо ѕhоw thіѕ mеѕѕаgе огіgіnаtеd fгоm еBау.
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[TD="colspan: 3]Dеаг [EMAIL="fatmaggottshirts@gmail.com]my full ebay email was here@gmail.com[/EMAIL],
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Тhаnkѕ fог ѕеllіng оn еBау. Unfогtunаtеlу, уоuг ассоunt wіll bе ѕuѕρеndеd bесаuѕе уоuг гесеnt ѕеllіng асtіνіtу hаѕ гаіѕеd ѕесuгіtу соnсегnѕ.

Bеfоге wе саn аllоw уоu tо соntіnuе ѕеllіng wе nееd tо νегіfу ѕоmе іnfогmаtіоn wіth уоu.

Wе геquіге а соlоuгеd соρу (ѕсаnnеd ог ρhоtо) оf оnе оf thе fоllоwіng dосumеntѕ:

-Раѕѕρогt
-Νаtіоnаl Idеntіfісаtіоn Сагd

Ρlеаѕе еmаіl uѕ уοuг Ρаѕѕροгt οг Νаtіοnаl Idеntіtу Сагd аt [EMAIL="support@ebay-identification.com]support@ebay-identification.com[/EMAIL] wіthіn 24 hоuгѕ ѕо wе саn νегіfу уоuг іdеntіtу аnd аνоіd ассоunt сlоѕuге.

Wе аρρгесіаtе уоuг hеlρ іn νегіfуіng уоuг ассоunt аnd lооk fогwагd tо ѕееіng уоu ѕеllіng аgаіn аѕ quісklу аѕ ρоѕѕіblе.

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Seems to be a flurry of them lately - as you say, always check your account first, and don't click any links on the email. I had a few of these but that was some time ago, i'll keep an eye out for them in the next few days.

Cheers John

i just posted on another thread - i got 2 of them in the last hour !!

i saw you posted it only after i had struggled to get it to look right on my post lol, i have to say on the handheld (where you cannot see their email addy at a glance) it was a real heart stopper as you say, esp as i had just reloaded an almost empty shop as some of my bits have been selling ok

mrs maggot;64282 wrote:i saw you posted it only after i had struggled to get it to look right on my post lol, i have to say on the handheld (where you cannot see their email addy at a glance) it was a real heart stopper as you say, esp as i had just reloaded an almost empty shop as some of my bits have been selling ok

yep, i nearly had to change my pants TBH.....:rolleyes: - this is probably only the beginning.

When ever I have received these I always send them to eBay and they turn out to be someone trying it on!

Same with the Paypal ones!

Forward the entire email to:- spoof@ebay.co.uk or spoof@paypal.co.uk and they will look into it!

yep, thats what i did and bigJ did the same, i just thought with the number of people posting about opening up shops for the first time, they should see one of these "good ones" its the use of your ebay email thats the clever bit, normally they just have "dear ebay member" or something similar - but for these to have your actual email is a new one