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Latest ebay phishing scam
I've had plenty of `phishing' type emails come my way. The latest one
involves receiving an officila looking email stating that you have been given an `unpaid item strike' providing details of the item etcetera and clickable auction number. The natural inclination is to click on the auction number to find out what it is all about. The link will take you to a mocked up `ebay' login page where (if your head is not screwed on properly) you will type in your login name and password. of course,, pressing the `send' will supply your details to the person doing the phishing. Sorry if you've already come across this one, but it's the first time i've seen it used and i thought it might be worth mentioning that people should keep on their toes with regards to these ever evolving phishing expeditions. Ian |
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I had that one last week. Instead of clicking on it I copied the item
number then looked it up at ebay. It was for a CD I never ordered. When I looked at the seller I discovered he had 400 negatives in the past month. Naturally I deleted the message and never looked back. I did forward it to spoof at ebay. |
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"Ian" wrote in message ... I've had plenty of `phishing' type emails come my way. The latest one involves receiving an officila looking email stating that you have been given an `unpaid item strike' providing details of the item etcetera and clickable auction number... I usually just delete this things or report them to spoof, but maybe we should respond to them. Imagine if the phishers got responses to all their emails -- fictitious input, of course (real looking numbers that they would have to work on, not just zeros). It might be discouraging enough to make them have to create the next scam. I think we ought to answer all the phishing emails we get. Anita |
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Ian wrote:
I've had plenty of `phishing' type emails come my way. The latest one involves receiving an officila looking email stating that you have been given an `unpaid item strike' providing details of the item etcetera and clickable auction number. The natural inclination is to click on the auction number to find out what it is all about. The link will take you to a mocked up `ebay' login page where (if your head is not screwed on properly) you will type in your login name and password. of course,, pressing the `send' will supply your details to the person doing the phishing. Sorry if you've already come across this one, but it's the first time i've seen it used and i thought it might be worth mentioning that people should keep on their toes with regards to these ever evolving phishing expeditions. Ian I view all of these with skepticism, even genuine emails from paypal and ebay. I use mailwasher to screen it and often see urls behind the typed url like the following: http://cgi.ebay-com.ws.us/... obviously not cgi.ebay.com |
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"Ian" wrote in message
. .. wrote: .... arrived!! I guess you can be inventive with these but I just normally report them to and allow others to do the clever work. Ah, but just typing in some fictitious info is simple. If a million people did this, how could they sort through it? Anita |
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Lowell wrote:
I had that one last week. Instead of clicking on it I copied the item number then looked it up at ebay. It was for a CD I never ordered. When I looked at the seller I discovered he had 400 negatives in the past month. Naturally I deleted the message and never looked back. I did forward it to spoof at ebay. I had one like that. It wasn't a CD listing...Actually, I forget what it was, but I did notice the counter had over 10,000 hits. A |
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On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:03:59 GMT, Ian wrote:
I've had plenty of `phishing' type emails come my way. The latest one involves receiving an officila looking email stating that you have been given an `unpaid item strike' providing details of the item etcetera and clickable auction number. The natural inclination is to click on the auction number to find out what it is all about. The link will take you to a mocked up `ebay' login page where (if your head is not screwed on properly) you will type in your login name and password. of course,, pressing the `send' will supply your details to the person doing the phishing. Sorry if you've already come across this one, but it's the first time i've seen it used and i thought it might be worth mentioning that people should keep on their toes with regards to these ever evolving phishing expeditions. Ian I've never done this but I wonder if it would be best to respond but use a bad password. If enough people did this it would clog up their system or at the very least make them waste their time by having to go through 100's of responces to find the sucker that bit. beekeep |
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I used to do this, with the same thought. Often I would send
insulting info as passwords and id's. I quit, thinking maybe merely responding might help them somehow, e.g. get my e-mail address. Does anyone know if responding, even with false info, has any risk? Rick in the Ozarks |
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"beekeep" wrote in message ... I've never done this but I wonder if it would be best to respond but use a bad password. If enough people did this it would clog up their system or at the very least make them waste their time by having to go through 100's of responces to find the sucker that bit. Very good point. The email address can always be altered. It takes a minute, but would help camouflage information. Anita |
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