Have You Been Invited?

How many of you out there in 'Blogland' use eBay?

Of those that do or have used eBay, how many of you have been either taken for a ride by the 'Seller' and have never received the goods you payed for or have been supplied faulty, damaged or counterfeit goods?

Now, how many of you are or have been invited to become a 'PowerSeller'?

Well, I got the following e-mail recently:



Because I hardly ever use eBay and therefore I'm not eligible to become a power-seller, I was, not surprisingly rather suspicious [more than usual, anyway ;-)] of the e-mail. Having clicked on the link I was taken to here:



Well, it looks like the eBay site, uses the same fonts, template, logo, etc. But, guess what?

It is a 'fake', this is a site trying to use social-engineering to get you to disclose your eBay credentials; logon details in this case, so the 'Bad Guys and Girls' can mis-use it.

So, after all this, the e-mail was actually a 'Phishing' scam, so all you eBayers out there be careful not to fall for this.

BTW, I get many other more normal eBay Phishing scam e-mails as well.

So, another question for you all, "Do you feel safe using eBay and do you think that eBay take security seriously enough?" [Yes, I know that this is effectively two questions, not one.]