[Land-speed] E-Bay scam of the week

[Askotto at aol.com]

The most common scam by far is you receive a totally official looking  e-mail 
from "e-bay" saying it's time to renew your account info. The e-mail is  
identical in appearance to real e-bay notices except when you click on the e-bay  
icons, it sends you to a different site! You can spot it immediately when you  
look at the address it's going to after you click it, if you look at the 
address  that is.... You have to look quick as some of them change the address in 
a  second or two to a more official looking site address, IE, E-bay may be  
somewhere in the address now. We're getting smarter and smarter hackers these  
days!
 
Once there, it appears just like an official e-bay site with all the logos  
etc. It asks you for credit card info, SS# etc. Bingo, identity theft!
 
You can also get them from "Paypal" saying similar BS.
 
Beware! A good rule of thumb is E-Bay or Paypal will never ask for your SS#  
or credit card info. You do that yourself when you sign up by logging into 
their  site directly by going to official E-Bay or Paypal sites. Never go there  
from an e-mail icon you received.
 
If you ever get suspicious E-Mails from E-Bay or Paypal, same  company, 
forward them to
 
_spoof at ebay.com_ (mailto:spoof at ebay.com) 
 
They will notify you if it's a scam and it always is. You get to  spotting 
them immediately.
 
 
I'm much, much smarter now!
 

Otto



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