Scrutinize URLs _very_ carefully before clicking. Typically, scammers will
create a look-alike domain name, or use a computer name on their domain that
mimics a well-known site, or both. For example, a fake eBay site might look
like this:
http://www.ebay.ebay3.com, or simply http://www.ebay3.com
This wouldn't connect you to ebay; it would connect you to a computer called
"eBay" at the domain "ebay3.com." That domain is registered to someone in
Indonesia. Do you really want to give any personal information to that
computer? Probably not.
And here's a phony PayPal lookalike that actually works:
http://www.p.aypal.com
Today, it is a site that sells Nintendo stuff (a computer called "p" in the
domain "aypal.com"). Tomorrow. . .who knows?
-Mark
-----Original Message-----
Seems to have become a very popular scam, along with similar versions
involving PayPal accounts.
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