Hi Larry,
    We have received the same email here and it is a pure scam, although a
very well presented one. When we contacted Ebay, we were told they have
known about it since last Friday, Jan. 11th and were investigating.

                           Eric Sand
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Barnes [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 9:09 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      [HP3000-L] OT:Spam/Scam Alert
>
> my brother just got an email from http://www.ebay.com.nu.rr (or .rr.nu)
> thanking him for his recent successful bid.  They needed to update his
> profile and asked him to submit his current and former credit card number
> for verification.
>
> the interesting this is he never made a bid!
>
> he also mentioned a site http://www.gameroom.com/ebay/  as another
> spam/scam
> site
>
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