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Trying to send eBay a message?

I've been getting unrequested messages from the eBay Developer Zone site over the last couple days about email address changes. I have a Developer Zone account, but I haven't touched it for months if not longer. I sent an e-mail to them about it, but haven't heard anything.

I just got yet another one of these and I think I see what's up. Check out the registered email address. Somebody found a hole.

(And in case you're wondering, no, this isn't some kind of phishing message. It's a text/plain message and the routing headers show it being received by my mail server directly from mxpool05.ebay.com.) 

From: DevZonePassword@ebay.com
Subject: Forgot your Developer Zone username?
Date: May 26, 2006 10:45:12 AM EDT (CA)
To: hey.ebay@sql.inject.com'.or.''='
Cc: [OMITTED]

If you did not forget your username for the eBay Developers Program,
please ignore this email.

Your Username is: [OMITTED]
Your registered email address is:hey.ebay@sql.inject.com' or ''='

You can sign in to the Developer Zone at
http://developer.ebay.com/devprogram/sign_in.asp

If you have forgotten you password, you can request it at
http://developer.ebay.com/devprogram/ForgotPassword.asp

Thank you for being a member of the eBay Developers Program!
Sincerely,
Developer Relations

Friday, May 26th, 2006
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2 comments

Some related posts: My first DOS • eBay, fraud, filtering, and Web 2.0 • The MySpace worm • Is eBay doing all it can to fight phishing?
• Comment from Paul, 9 months later

For some reason this post gets more spam comments -- by far -- than anything else on my blog. The spam comments almost never have anything to do with the content of the post; lately they're for prescription drugs.

I've become curious about the reasons for this. Any theories?

• Comment from Paul, 21 months later

I've deleted some irrelevant comments along the lines of "please help me with my eBay problem".

Sorry, but this is not an eBay help forum! I'm just a guy with a blog. If you are having an eBay problem that you can't resolve directly, try their dispute resolution service.

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