On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 09:50:19 GMT, wrote:

Yes, it's completely bogus. In general, when you mouse over
the link, the bar at the bottom of your mail agent will display the
full URL. This fake email started with HTTP://w.x.y.z where w.x.y.z
was a raw IP address. Later in the URL was an @ sign with the eBay URL
which appeared as the link in the email. However, it's the part before
the @ sign (the bogus part) which is the URL to which you actually get
sent to enter your private information. Ignore the real-looking logos
and other good links on the page. They're real-looking because they
_are_ real -- copied from the real eBay site.

Keep in mind, there's a 'bug' in Microsoft Internet Exploder that
allows someone to 'fake' the link so even when you put your mouse over
the link, the link could still say www.ebay.com - at least it would
APPEAR to say that.

Evan
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