Phishing alert

This is apparently a phishing attempt to steal eBay users’ passwords. The link points to the Physics Department at Kent State University (http://131.123.234.136/%20/eb/login.php).

From: aw-confirm@yahoo.com [mailto:aw-confirm@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 2:26 PM
Subject: ***URGENT eBay Account Security Measures***

Alert ID : 0262341143

You have received this email because you or someone had used your account to make fake bids on eBay. For security purposes, we are required to open an investigation into this matter. To help speed up this process, you are required to verify your eBay account by following the link below.

http://scgi.ebay.com/verify_id=ebay&user=02626454

Please save this fraud alert id for your reference
Please Note - If your account informations are not updated within the next 72 hours, then we will assume this account is fraudulent and will be cancelled. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your eBay account has not been fraudulently used to combat fraud.

We appreciate your support and understating, as we work together to keep eBay a safe place to trade.

Thank you for your patience in this matter.

Regards, Safeharbor Department (Trust and Safety Department)
eBay Inc.

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(UPDATE 15:04 08-Oct-2004): I sent an email to postmaster at the Physics Department of Kent State University on the day the fraud was received, and today (finally) the page was taken down.