The e-mail uses an image to display the text: "During our regular update and verification of the accounts, we couldn't verify your current information. Either your information has changed or it is incomplete. As a result, your access to bid or buy on eBay has been restricted. To start using your eBay account fully, please update and verify your information by clicking below :".
The image has the appearance of normal e-mail text, and links to a site that purports to be an eBay security update. The scammers utilised common tricks to make the fake URL appear legitimate, including using ASCII characters to write the URL and hiding the real address behind an '@' symbol.
The page that the e-mail links to asks for eBay user information, credit card details and even the users ATM PIN number.
Yes this is true. I came across it in my E-mail and almost filled it out but I checked with my daughter who said do not send anything that E-bay
doens't ask for that information, so I was one of the lucky ones who didn't fill in the information. In Ohio, USA.