Fake eBay email...

Aluscia · 11-15-2004, 08:13 AM

Luckily, I am ever wary of fake emails... especially when they ask me to log in to a site with my credit information. I just received an email today that for all intents and purposes looked very real... Every link on it went to eBay's website except for the important one, which went to an unsecure login page (that I didn't even load because I was to wary of it).

Just an advisory warning to be careful about these things... eBay has an addy where you can forward emails you think are illigitimate.

spoof@ebay.com

Ghryphen · 11-15-2004, 09:04 AM

Same for Paypal, spoof@paypal.com Paypal will use your full name in their emails.

Aluscia · 11-15-2004, 11:49 AM

As it turns out, this email was indeed a fake.

XRogue · 11-15-2004, 02:05 PM

Stet. Thanks, Laur.

Gambit · 11-15-2004, 02:47 PM

Lots of those phishing scams around. Crooks!

Here's a convicted fraudulent spammer. Not quite the same thing, but close, and I happened to read it today. http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/interne....ap/index.html

Jode · 11-16-2004, 05:39 PM

Yah it's been getting pretty bad lately.. sometimes up to 5 bad emails a day!! Have you seen the one that says ebay is giving a way a car and "click here to enter"?
The paypal ones are fairly new. It's going to suck to have them coming from both places!

11-15-2004, 08:13 AM	#1
Aluscia Emo Queen 1000th Thread Main Forum Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: In a subterranean complex. Age: 41 Posts: 2,346	Fake eBay email... Luckily, I am ever wary of fake emails... especially when they ask me to log in to a site with my credit information. I just received an email today that for all intents and purposes looked very real... Every link on it went to eBay's website except for the important one, which went to an unsecure login page (that I didn't even load because I was to wary of it). Just an advisory warning to be careful about these things... eBay has an addy where you can forward emails you think are illigitimate. spoof@ebay.com __________________ Favourite Song of the moment - Pyramid Song - Radiohead

11-15-2004, 09:04 AM	#2
Ghryphen THZ Founder Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: WA, USA Age: 49 Posts: 3,927	Same for Paypal, spoof@paypal.com Paypal will use your full name in their emails. __________________ The Hounds of Zeus \| Allied Tribal Forces

11-15-2004, 11:49 AM	#3
Aluscia Emo Queen 1000th Thread Main Forum Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: In a subterranean complex. Age: 41 Posts: 2,346	As it turns out, this email was indeed a fake. __________________ Favourite Song of the moment - Pyramid Song - Radiohead

11-15-2004, 02:47 PM	#5
Gambit Forum wh0re Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: DFW area, TX Posts: 744	Lots of those phishing scams around. Crooks! Here's a convicted fraudulent spammer. Not quite the same thing, but close, and I happened to read it today. http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/interne....ap/index.html __________________ XMEN member Card-carrying DTM OKL Fish-napper Though a program be but three lines long, someday it will have to be maintained. -The Tao of Programming

11-16-2004, 05:39 PM	#6
Jode Whoopiteedoo! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: WFZ Age: 47 Posts: 442	Yah it's been getting pretty bad lately.. sometimes up to 5 bad emails a day!! Have you seen the one that says ebay is giving a way a car and "click here to enter"? The paypal ones are fairly new. It's going to suck to have them coming from both places! __________________

11-15-2004, 02:05 PM	#4
XRogue Forum wh0re Join Date: May 2001 Location: Texas Age: 52 Posts: 1,097	Stet. Thanks, Laur.

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