Warning! Dodgy 'ebay email' in my inbox - not the usual phishing ones I've seen

[marthamoo]

Thought I'd share this because I did panic momentarily at the "you have sent an Ebay payment to..."

This is it:

Dear my email address,

This email confirms that you have sent an eBay payment of $47.85 USD to
[email protected] for an eBay item.

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Payment Details
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Amount: $47.85 USD

Transaction ID: 2LC956793J776333Y

Subject: Digimax 130

Note:
If you haven't authorized this charge ,click the link below to dispute
transaction and get full refund

www.paypal.com/ (Encrypted Link )

*SSL connection:
PayPal automatically encrypts your confidential information
in transit from your computer to ours using the Secure
Sockets Layer protocol (SSL) with an encryption key length
of 128-bits (the highest level commercially available)
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Item Information
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eBay User ID: scratchandgnaw2

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Edward Harrell's UNCONFIRMED Address
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Edward Harrell
211 David St.
Springtown, TX 76082
United States

Important Note: Edward Harrell has provided an Unconfirmed Address. If
you are planning on shipping items to Edward Harrell, please check the
Transaction Details page of this payment to find out whether you will
be covered by the PayPal Seller Protection Policy.

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This payment was sent using your bank account.

By using your bank account to send money, you just:

• Paid easily and securely

• Sent money faster than writing and mailing paper checks
• Paid instantly -- your purchase won't show up on bills at the end of

the month.

Thanks for using your bank account!

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Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

Your monthly account statement is available anytime; just log in to
your account at www.paypal.com/us/HISTORY. To correct any errors,
please contact us through our Help Center at
www.paypal.com/us/HELP.

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and
you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal
account and click the Help link located in the top right corner of any
PayPal page.

PayPal Email ID PP118

I'm going to forward it to ebay's spoof emails address now.

I had one like this- I had spent about $500 on a truly ghastly bracelet apparently. I agree, they're more disconcerting because they're not so blatant.

I had an email the other day to tell me that an item I was watching was about to expire, but it was for a self plumbing tap and neither my partner orIhad added it to my ebay watch list! (I subsequently deleated it from my list and have changed my ebay password, but I am still narked by the whole thing). I think someone put it on my watch list to see if I was alert enough to chck my account. I have since had an email from Paypal telling me that something to do with my ebay account (for sellers, and I have never sold through ebay) and Paypal couldn't be changed because my addy and password were incorrect! I have logged in to Paypal and everything seems ok but has made me really nervous about the whole thing.