Just got one this morning. Very professional with the eBay logo and header format. The subject was something like "eBay account suspended" with a nice HTML form to enter my username and password. The real eBay has a good tutorial on this sort of thing. Down at the bottom of the home page is a link to 'Security Center.'
"Frogleg" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Just got one this morning. Very professional with the eBay > logo and header format. The subject was something like > "eBay account suspended" with a nice HTML form to enter my > username and password. > > The real eBay has a good tutorial on this sort of thing. > Down at the bottom of the home page is a link to 'Security > Center.' This has been going on for a while. CitiBank has the same problem. You should NEVER enter a password in response to an e mail.
Frogleg wrote: > Just got one this morning. Very professional with the eBay > logo and header format. The subject was something like > "eBay account suspended" with a nice HTML form to enter my > username and password. > > The real eBay has a good tutorial on this sort of thing. > Down at the bottom of the home page is a link to 'Security > Center.' This happened to me a couple of days ago my DSL ISP account, too. I was like, uh huh, I pay my phone bill asswipe so I know my account isn't about to be cut off. Any time anyone gets something stupid enough to ask for login ID, password information, credit card information (like I used a credit card to set up my friggin telephone) STOP, LOOK, LISTEN. Contact the vendor/service provider immediately. I can't believe some people actually fall for these scams. It's like opening an attachment in email from someone you don't know. I'll tell you right now, when I send you an email with a photo or something, I will write something in the body of the email which describes what I'm sending and why. That way you know it's from me. If it doesn't have that personalized little memo from me, chances are it ain't from me so delete it. Jill
Ebay states that they never send emails for anything, when I receive one I forward it to [email protected] and always I receive a real response telling me that the email in question was not from them. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER go to a web page from a link in the emal received and enter ANY kind of information. That email will have several links to the true web page ( for example the ebay logo and links at the bottom of the page) but the main one ( the one you have to click to "renew" or anything is directed to the scammers home page) This applys for anything, I have received emails like that from ebay, paypal etc The same for thos emails that it seems you got from an ebay user as a reply for "question for the seller" if you don't havew anything to do wih it forward it to [email protected] For bellsouth.net email users: all the spam that I receive I forward it to [email protected] My outlook is setup to have all the spam in the deleted items, I check once a day and forward them all togheter On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 12:39:14 GMT, Frogleg <[email protected]> wrote: >Just got one this morning. Very professional with the eBay >logo and header format. The subject was something like >"eBay account suspended" with a nice HTML form to enter my >username and password. > >The real eBay has a good tutorial on this sort of thing. >Down at the bottom of the home page is a link to >'Security Center.'
On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 12:45:55 GMT, "Kswck" <[email protected]> wrote: > >"Frogleg" <[email protected]> wrote in message >news:[email protected]... >> Just got one this morning. Very professional with the >> eBay logo and header format. The subject was something >> like "eBay account suspended" with a nice HTML form to >> enter my username and password. >> >> The real eBay has a good tutorial on this sort of thing. >> Down at the bottom of the home page is a link to >> 'Security Center.' > >This has been going on for a while. CitiBank has the same >problem. You should NEVER enter a password in response to >an e mail. > I didn't think I needed to add that I simply forwarded it to eBay. Your advice was aimed toward others, right? I posted because this was the first example I'd received and I didn't know if others might just be having a similar problem. BTW, some newsgroup participants are receiving bogus/dangerous e-mail purporting to come from other members, frequently with old addresses spoofed. Geez, will this never end? I'm about to refuse to correspond with anyone who uses Outlook -- too easy to harvest their address books.
Frogleg wrote: > On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 12:45:55 GMT, "Kswck" > <[email protected]> wrote: <snip> > I didn't think I needed to add that I simply forwarded it > to eBay. Your advice was aimed toward others, right? I > posted because this was the first example I'd received and > I didn't know if others might just be having a similar > problem. > > BTW, some newsgroup participants are receiving > bogus/dangerous e-mail purporting to come from other > members, frequently with old addresses spoofed. Geez, will > this never end? I'm about to refuse to correspond with > anyone who uses Outlook -- too easy to harvest their > address books. I "assume" that you expanded and included the full header information in your forward. If not then it's useless. Even with the headers, chances are nothing will happen. YMMV -- Steve Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.
On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 12:39:14 GMT, Frogleg <[email protected]> wrote: > Just got one this morning. Very professional with the > eBay logo and header format. The subject was something > like "eBay account suspended" with a nice HTML form to > enter my username and password. > > The real eBay has a good tutorial on this sort of thing. > Down at the bottom of the home page is a link to > 'Security Center.' What really cracks me up is getting one of those when I've never, ever used EBay! Practice safe eating - always use condiments
"sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 12:39:14 GMT, Frogleg > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Just got one this morning. Very professional with the > > eBay logo and header format. The subject was something > > like "eBay account suspended" with a nice HTML form to > > enter my username and password. > > > > The real eBay has a good tutorial on this sort of > > thing. Down at the bottom of the home page is a link to > > 'Security Center.' > > What really cracks me up is getting one of those when I've > never, ever used EBay! > I've used ebay, but I send postal money orders, so I don't use paypal. I get a paypal dunning notice telling me I would be charged $15 to my account if I don't log on and confirm all my information. They even asked for bank and credit card numbers in the original email. Since they indicated it was from ebay, I contacted ebay and got the address from them for paypal. Both indicated that this was a scam. I don't send anyone jack. I got a really bad computer virus from an attachment asking for information on an account with Wells Fargo Mortgage once. I opened it only because we were having an ongoing disagreement with Wells Fargo at the time. Now if I don't recognize the name in the email it goes plonk. -Ginny
"Frogleg" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Just got one this morning. Very professional with the eBay > logo and header format. The subject was something like > "eBay account suspended" with a nice HTML form to enter my > username and password. > > The real eBay has a good tutorial on this sort of thing. > Down at the bottom of the home page is a link to 'Security > Center.' I got the idea that some really fishy things were going on over the internet when I failed to get the funds that were promised to me by an ex-official from Nigeria.
On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 18:15:12 GMT, Frogleg <[email protected]> wrote: > > BTW, some newsgroup participants are receiving > bogus/dangerous e-mail purporting to come from other > members, frequently with old addresses spoofed. Geez, > will this never end? I'm about to refuse to correspond > with anyone who uses Outlook -- too easy to harvest their > address books. I think most people have antivirus protection these days, but they don't update their data bases regularly enough. Viruses are smarter too - they are not limited to Outlook and can harvest addresses anywhere on the HD. I don't know if they are limited to the partition they launch in or not. The average home user has only one partition, so that means if your address is in their newsreader... it will be found. Most people have antivirus protection these days, but they don't update their virus data bases regularly enough. Viruses are getting more vicious too - they are not limited to hitting Outlook and can harvest addresses anywhere on the HD. I don't know if they are limited to the partition they launch in or not. The average home user has only one partition, so that means if your address is in their newsreader.. it will be found. I like to use a "real" address to post with. Fortunately, I can have more than one mailbox with my ISP and can use more than one "personality" on my email program. I think it's time for me to set up a new mailbox for posting purposes. I share your pain! :-\ PS: home users - look at AVG and Avast. They are free for home use. I use Avast and love it. Practice safe eating - always use condiments
In article <[email protected]>, Frogleg <[email protected]> wrote: > Just got one this morning. Very professional with the eBay > logo and header format. The subject was something like > "eBay account suspended" with a nice HTML form to enter my > username and password. > > The real eBay has a good tutorial on this sort of thing. > Down at the bottom of the home page is a link to 'Security > Center.' I've gotten dozens of them... I also get them for paypal. I forward all to "[email protected]" or "[email protected]". One learns to recognize these things.... _NEVER_ give out passwords and financial information based on an e-mail! Always check with what you know is a legitimate source first. K. -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... >,,<Cat's Haven Hobby Farm>,,<Katraatcenturyteldotnet>,,< http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems- &include=0&userid=katra
"Frogleg" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Just got one this morning. Very professional with the eBay > logo and header format. The subject was something like > "eBay account suspended" with a nice HTML form to enter my > username and password. > > The real eBay has a good tutorial on this sort of thing. > Down at the bottom of the home page is a link to 'Security > Center.' Ebay, PayPal, Citibank, and others all being "spoofed" in this manner...and the sites linked to look just like the real thing. The key is to pay close attention. For example, the Ebay ones will take you to a link to fill in information that Ebay never asked of you in the first place, such as social security numbers, mother's maiden name, etc. Also, the cgi-bin part of the address is missing. With PayPal, watch for e-mails that are addressed as "Dear PayPal user" and such. PayPal will only address you by the name on your account. It is very important that people learn not to be so free with their personal information. Never give out any information that isn't absolutely required and always verify who you're giving it to before giving it. Heck, I don't even give Best Buy and the like my zip code or phone number when they ask. kimberly
On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 12:39:14 GMT, Frogleg <[email protected]> arranged random neurons, so they looked like this: >Just got one this morning. Very professional with the eBay >logo and header format. The subject was something like >"eBay account suspended" with a nice HTML form to enter my >username and password. > >The real eBay has a good tutorial on this sort of thing. >Down at the bottom of the home page is a link to >'Security Center.' Same thing happened to me, but they also wanted to know my bank, account nos., SSN, as well as my username and password in eBay. Like I'd even have given all that informatin to eBay? I don't *think* so. I forwarded the whole thing to eBay. Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA "Never argue with an idiot.....they bring you down to their level and then beat you with experience." To reply, replace "shcox" with "cox"
Nexis wrote: > Ebay, PayPal, Citibank, and others all being "spoofed" in > this manner... I think spoofed is too weak a word. > and the sites linked to look just like the real thing. I can't believe you actually looked at them. > The key is to pay close attention You misspelled NO! attention. Never ever ever open emails like that, never mind any attachments they contain. Just delete them. nancy
In article <[email protected]>, "Nexis" <[email protected]> wrote: > "Frogleg" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected]... > > Just got one this morning. Very professional with the > > eBay logo and header format. The subject was something > > like "eBay account suspended" with a nice HTML form to > > enter my username and password. > > > > The real eBay has a good tutorial on this sort of thing. > > Down at the bottom of the home page is a link to > > 'Security Center.' > > Ebay, PayPal, Citibank, and others all being "spoofed" in > this manner...and the sites linked to look just like the > real thing. The key is to pay close attention. For > example, the Ebay ones will take you to a link to fill in > information that Ebay never asked of you in the first > place, such as social security numbers, mother's maiden > name, etc. Also, the cgi-bin part of the address is > missing. Not necessarily... The last one that I got not only had "cgi- bin" in the URL, it was an https site as well! They are learning and getting better at this! If in doubt, send any and all of these to [email protected] whatever site they are emulating. The company will get in touch with you if there is really a problem. > With PayPal, watch for e-mails that are addressed as "Dear > PayPal user" and such. PayPal will only address you by the > name on your account. It is very important that people > learn not to be so free with their personal information. > Never give out any information that isn't absolutely > required and always verify who you're giving it to before > giving it. Heck, I don't even give Best Buy and the like > my zip code or phone number when they ask. > > kimberly > > -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... >,,<Cat's Haven Hobby Farm>,,<Katraatcenturyteldotnet>,,< http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems- &include=0&userid=katra
Katra wrote: > > > The real eBay has a good tutorial on this sort of thing. > > Down at the bottom of the home page is a link to > > 'Security Center.' > > I've gotten dozens of them... I also get them for paypal. My coworker, who has been buying things on ebay recently, got one recently and was suspicious. I got one the same day and have never been on ebay or used paypal.
In article <[email protected]>, Dave Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Katra wrote: > > > > > > The real eBay has a good tutorial on this sort of > > > thing. Down at the bottom of the home page is a link > > > to 'Security Center.' > > > > I've gotten dozens of them... I also get them for > > paypal. > > My coworker, who has been buying things on ebay recently, > got one recently and was suspicious. I got one the same > day and have never been on ebay or used paypal. > > I think they harvest e-mails off of usenet and mail them to everybody via spambot programs. <G> I started getting an increased number when I posted on alt.marketing.online.ebay. But that was before I munged my posting e-mail address. ;-) I don't get as much spam as I used to and this new mailer has a "bounce" option. Gods I'm glad I finally gave up nyetscape!!! K. -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... >,,<Cat's Haven Hobby Farm>,,<Katraatcenturyteldotnet>,,< http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems- &include=0&userid=katra
On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 18:42:28 GMT, Steve Calvin <[email protected]> wrote: >Frogleg wrote: >> On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 12:45:55 GMT, "Kswck" >> <[email protected]> wrote: ><snip> >> I didn't think I needed to add that I simply forwarded it >> to eBay. Your advice was aimed toward others, right? >> I posted because this was the first example I'd received >> and I didn't know if others might just be having a >> similar problem. >I "assume" that you expanded and included the full header >information in your forward. If not then it's useless. Even >with the headers, chances are nothing will happen. YMMV I did not. I followed eBay's security instructions which were simply to forward it as is. They can expand the header as well as I can.
Frogleg wrote: > On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 18:42:28 GMT, Steve Calvin > <[email protected]> wrote: <snip> > > > I did not. I followed eBay's security instructions which > were simply to forward it as is. They can expand the > header as well as I can. Actually, that's not at all true which just goes to show that they could not care less about it. -- Steve Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.
On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 16:03:30 -0800, Terry Pulliam Burd <[email protected]> wrote: > > Same thing happened to me, but they also wanted to know > my bank, account nos., SSN, as well as my username and > password in eBay. Like I'd even have given all that > informatin to eBay? I don't *think* so. > > I forwarded the whole thing to eBay. > So what do you expect them to do? Contact the FEDs on them? If they had a round file, I'm sure such forwards would be there. If you're lucky, at least they log the complaints. Practice safe eating - always use condiments
