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Manual detection of Phishing - Companies getting it wrong

How do I detect a phishing email?
1) Check the last "Received From" field before my mail host to see if the domain matches the domain of the "From" field and content of the message.
2) Check all HTTP links to see if they point to the domain of the message content.

If (1) and more especially (2) shows up something different, I ignore the message and mark it as phishing.

Too many companies are using third party emailers which basically create fake messages which fail the above tests.

I received this (My test says phishng, but it is real) (Comments?)
My mail host is dublin.eircom.net
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Received: from e3pmta195.emarsys.net (91.194.249.195)
by mail24.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net (qp 95224) with SMTP; 23 Aug
2008 13:14:02 -0000
From: eBay <eBay@reply.ebay.co.uk>
Subject: Notice of changes to eBay
Return-Path: e3-998491685838-4a84e858dIIc62601@ebay.emarsys.net

To view this newsletter with images and color click here:
=>http://e3.emarsys.net/op/m.do?id=4a84e858dIIc62601IIe87abe03ce

eBay sent this message to XXXX XXXX (XXXXX).
Your registered name is included to show this
message originated from eBay. Learn more.
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http://mail.ebay.co.uk/op/c/e69587bf07II4a84e858dIIc62601IIe87abe03ce
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***Notice of changes to eBay fees and Shops***
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Dear XXXXX (removed),

We're making big changes on eBay.co.uk and eBay.ie, effective
24th September 2008, and they could affect the way you're
currently trading on the site.

Please take note of the following changes:

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Fee changes
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We will be making changes to our overall fee structure, including
Insertion Fees and Final Value Fees.

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Changes to eBay Shops
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Fees for eBay Shops will change, and we will also be introducing
new criteria to sign up for a Shop, for example, including
Detailed Seller Ratings requirements.

To find out more about the changes - go to
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http://mail.ebay.co.uk/op/c/e69587bf08II4a84e858dIIc62601IIe87abe03ce

Regards


The eBay Team