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

[Doug Anderson]

   OTTO is right on -as usual

   I also have received many.


  Also send ( by forwarding ) them to ' spoof at paypal.com "  as well


  DO NOT do anything the dam thing tells you to do!


  I say burn the Bas'tids


   cheers, "Dirt Track Doug" in So. New York,


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From: Askotto at aol.com
To: land-speed at autox.team.net
Subject: [Land-speed] E-Bay scam of the week
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 15:10:35 EDT

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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