email from trademe

[muppet]

Email received this evening.

Dear TradeMe Member,

We regret to inform you that your account has been suspended by our administrative department for one of the following reason below.

1.You have requested for your account to be suspended due to a personal reason or termination of account.
2.Your account is in violation of our terms, policy's or guide lines and has been suspended.
3.We have not received the renewal fee for your account.

To continue Download attachment and complete the renew form with your current information.

Thanks,

We appreciate your business!

Administrative Department Team

email address is Trade-Me ([email protected])

[Re@der]

This is away of getting rubbish on to your computer - delete immediately

[Orkibi]

Trade Me advice me that it is a SPAM - DO NOT do anything - JUST DELETE this email.

[eri]

got that too

followed the link to update my account and it asked for me credit card details

so i ran away

they don't need those

only bad people want those

[Tan]

I emailed the email to trade me (after ages trying to find an email address). Their reply:

Dear Tan,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Unfortunately it's not legitimate and I'm very sorry you've been targeted in this manner.
Here are a few additional tips:
- Never trade with an international member. Trade Me does not allow traders from outside New Zealand or Australia.
- If you wish to complete a transaction via SafeTrader, visit www.safetrader.co.nz to create a membership and follow the instructions.
- Never pay money overseas or by Western Union, Money Gram, PayPal or any other instant payment method.
- If you have concerns over a trader's authenticity please contact Trade Me immediately on 0800 334 332 or forward the email to [email protected]. Our team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
For more information on keeping yourself safe on the site please click the following link to visit our 'Safe Computing Centre':
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Help/SafeComputingCentre.aspx

I’m sorry that you have had this experience and hope you continue to enjoy using the site.
If you have further questions regarding this issue please reply and we will answer your email as soon as possible.
Regards,
Aimee
Trade Me Support
http://www.trademe.co.nz

[Perry]

The 0800 number is a service improvement.
Didn't it used to be 0900?
.

[cube]

I suspect that the 0800 number is for reporting abuse only - if you want help, or to know why your account credit isn't showing, it's still 0900.

[Tan]

Look what i just got! Again! I don't even use trade me much so not sure if that is where they got their list from. Today I also got about 6 from fake ASB telling me they had disabled my access (which they hadn't). Makes a change from fake Kiwibank and fake courier ones I guess

From: Trade Me [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, 22 March 2011 1:08 p.m.
To:
Subject: Security Center Advisory!

Dear Member,

We were unable to verify your credit card billing address.

One possible problem could be that you entered a different address to the one where you receive your bills for this card. If this is the case, the solution is as easy as entering the correct billing address.

Is your address spelled correctly?

TradeMe verifies the billing address with your credit card provider. Please be sure that you have entered the address exactly as it is printed on your billing statements.

Have you moved recently?

If so, be sure that you are entering the exact address where you receive your billing statements for this card.
Is your home phone number accurate?

Check that the home phone number we have on file for you is correct.

Does your credit card issuer have more than one address on file for you?

If your bank has two addresses on file for you, be sure to enter the address your credit card issuer considers your primary address. This address may be different from the address where you receive your statements.

Is this a new credit card?

If so, be sure you have activated your card with your credit card provider before trying to add it to your account.

How do I fix this problem?

Click here and complete the renew form with your current information.

Why does TradeMe verify my credit card billing address?

In order to protect our customers, TradeMe is constantly working to ensure the integrity of our payment network and to eliminate the threat of fraud. Verifying credit card billing addresses is just one of the stringent checks we make so that none of our members fall victim to fraud.

Yours sincerely,

Look what you get when you go to update info

This website has been reported as unsafe

www.codewaf.com

We recommend that you do not continue to this website.

Go to my home page instead This website has been reported to Microsoft for containing threats to your computer that might reveal personal or financial information.


More information



This website has been reported to contain the following threats:

• <LI style="DISPLAY: block" id=PhishingThreat name="PhishingThreat">Phishing threat: This is a phishing website that impersonates a trusted website to trick you into revealing personal or financial information.

Learn more about phishing Learn more about malicious softwareReport that this site does not contain threatsDisregard and continue (not recommended)

[One]

Look what you get when you go to update info

Eeek. Don't do this. Never click on a link in a phishing email. Opening the link might be enough to let it give you a virus.

[Perry]

From: Trade Me [mailto:[email protected]]

If that was pasted verbatim, I wonder how many
notice the tradem.com vs trademe.com?
.

[Tan]

It was verbatim.

One, I'll never do it again I promise, but you have to try everything once

[Perry]

Really? If at first you don't succeed,
then skydiving's probably not for you.
.