It just so happens at the *very moment* I changed my email address (and added a listing) with ebay. I got a "Fraud Alert" message supposedly from ebay. However the actual HREF in the email targets: http://ebay.aw-confirm-dll.com. Very sneaky. I did a whois on this address and it comes up with an account hosted by Yahoo Nameservers. (The index page on this site now has a META refresh that forwards you to ebay.com)
PS: The thing that alerted me to the fact the email was fake was that it was terribly worded.
Of course I can't help but feel ebay is part of the blame since they use so many sub-domains on their site it really lends to the confusion as to what is an "official" ebay site and what is not.
<edit>I'm going to look and see if there is a way to "block" my email address from appearing on auctions (contact seller/buyer thing) since the email referenced my ebay UserName and was sent to my email address I use for auctions. </edit>
PS: The thing that alerted me to the fact the email was fake was that it was terribly worded.
Of course I can't help but feel ebay is part of the blame since they use so many sub-domains on their site it really lends to the confusion as to what is an "official" ebay site and what is not.
<edit>I'm going to look and see if there is a way to "block" my email address from appearing on auctions (contact seller/buyer thing) since the email referenced my ebay UserName and was sent to my email address I use for auctions. </edit>