Watch out for this Ebay scam!!

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by fryman, Apr 18, 2005.

  1. #1
    I get those lame phising "you need to verify your information" emails every day now. They are always sen to to addresses that I don't even use for Ebay, so I know right away they are just crap and just forward them to


    Today, however, I got a totally different one, and it was sent to the actual email address I use for Ebay


    It took me a few minutes to decide if I should follow along and see what this was about, but I decided to check my Ebay account first, and saw no problems or messages in "My Ebay", so I forwarded the email to spoof and it was indeeed a fake.

    Watch out, these stupid scammers are all over the place. Although now that I take a closer look, is "INFORMATIONS" even a word??? :D
     
    fryman, Apr 18, 2005 IP
  2. mcfox

    mcfox Wind Maker

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    That is quite a good fake, if there is such a thing. Almost convincing. You definitely did the right thing by logging into your eBay account directly and ignoring the email link.
     
    mcfox, Apr 18, 2005 IP
  3. Sirxl

    Sirxl Peon

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    i say...I normally delete such rubbish emails. I am a email addict....just too used to this type of gimmicks...had too many spywares on my PC lately too..
     
    Sirxl, Apr 18, 2005 IP
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    Infiniterb Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, I get these all the time in my gmail account. They're all in the spam folder now.
     
    Infiniterb, Apr 18, 2005 IP