eBay & PayPal phishing messages

harry01562

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I've been getting these for years, of course. The first ones were mostly in very poor English, and simple to spot.
The latest few I've received have been much more professional, and dangerous. They include excellent graphics, have a professional layout, and a literate and logical sounding message. Of course, they include a link (phony) that will bring you to there site. I haven't taken that step, even though I wouldn't give out any information. I'd guess the link brings you to a credible-looking site. And, it will ask for all the information to allow the site owner to steal accounts, money, reputation.. whatever.
Everybody, please remember the cardinal rule.... Don't click on included links. Sometimes it's obvious they are phony, but aliasing is also being used. Neither Ebay nor PayPal will ever include a link buried in an email. They always just ask you to go to your account, if they do need any kind of information/verification.
We've been seeing stolen accounts, and these probably helped to increase the amount of thievery.
Harry
 
The most amusing ones I've received were outbid notices. They didn't get my username right or items I was actually bidding on, but had they, I may have fallen for it.
 
doubs43 said:
Just clicking on their link may allow them to access your computer so even that simple step can be dangerous. Don't do it!
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Good advice.

I used to amuse myself by making a point of always logging on to their phishing pages with the most insulting userids the english language can muster... I'd hoped one of them would have to manually try all the log ins they collected and would be confronted by a tyranny of abuse. It's probably all automated but to make me feel better anyhow!

I play it safe now and don't even click these days.
 
doubs43 said:
Just clicking on their link may allow them to access your computer so even that simple step can be dangerous. Don't do it!

Walker
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There has been incidents of a keystroke virus that could infect computers just by clicking on a link. A keystroke logger could record your passwords to more than just your eBay account. You should forward all suspected emails to spoof@ebay.com and let them check for the authenticity.
 
Always presume that any email from any company that you are not expecting is phishing. Period. There is never a valid reason for anyone to need information from you online. Again, PERIOD. Always presume ill-will towards you; you will be much safier in the long run. There may be idiots out there that don't know better. That's thier problem.

You need to protect your decendants. Do so.

William
 
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