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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
I'm sure that many of you have gotten e-mails from PayPal, eBay, or a bank claiming that your account has been closed or asking you to verify a payment. Usually, these are spoofed. Here's what to do.
1) Go to your account at whichever one of these supposed sources the e-mail came from. For example, check PayPal and see if there has been a charge made to your account. There probably hasn't. 2) Do not, under any circumstances, click on a link in the e-mail itself. This link will send you to a spoofed "information verification" page, which will ask for you to put in your username, password, bank account info, etc. If you put this info in, you will immediately become a victim of identity theft. In fact, it will be more like being a victim of giving your identity away. 3) Do not send a reply to the sender. The e-mail address they have given is false. 4) Forward the whole e-mail to whichever place is appropriate -- spoof@paypal.com or spoof@ebay.com . For banks, just forget about it, but go on line to your account to make sure it hasn't been messed with.
"The Swatter"
Founder of CODBAMMC My Chickasaw name is "Throws Money at Cups." www.cupsandballsmuseum.com |
jwebyra Regular user New Jersey 140 Posts |
Good points Mr. Palmer.
For me it has gotten to the point where I don't even forward them anymore but just delete them. I do go to view my accounts by entering the address on the address line manually. I always delete e-mail if I don't know the sender. I know the lottery ones are false. Ron |
Julie Inner circle 3936 Posts |
I automatically go to Bill's step #4 and report every one. Sooner or later one of them might be delt with appropriately...
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jwebyra Regular user New Jersey 140 Posts |
I did report them, but I found it easier to just delete them because my inbox keeps getting full of the messages from E-Bay and Pay-Pal.
Ron |
Mehtas Inner circle England, UK 1649 Posts |
I must have forwarded DOZENS of spoof email to ebay and paypal.
Each and every one of them have been dealth with supercool automated reply. Now I just delete them without paying too much attention. If it does not contain my real name. its not from ebay, paypal or whatever. I've even started to get spoof messages in my EBAY account. Yes, these are wholesale 'companies' from china started to use ebays message forwarding system. |
MagiClyde Special user Columbus, Ohio 871 Posts |
I've always been tempted to go to one of those links and put in a username of fu2 and a password of n0anl (no way in hell) just to screw up these bozos.
Magic! The quicker picker-upper!
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Chris Henderson Special user Indiana -- Anyone w/ no life would have 563 Posts |
What do I care if these small time crooks steal what amounts to a pittance of my money? I am currently in line to receive millions of dollars just for helping a Nigerian Prince get his money out of his country! I still don't know how he knows I am such a trustworthy person, but I must be the luckiest guy in the world to get to help him and be paid handsomely in the process! (Tongue now removed from cheek.)
"I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief"
--Gerry Spence |
Mehtas Inner circle England, UK 1649 Posts |
If I helped ALL those 'money shifting' deals from other countries, I would
have become words first Googolair |
Chris Henderson Special user Indiana -- Anyone w/ no life would have 563 Posts |
No, you would be in the poorhouse and it would prove you had no ability to learn from your mistakes after the first time you tried to help!
"I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief"
--Gerry Spence |
GeorgeG Special user Thousand Oaks, CA 977 Posts |
For some laughs, go to 419 Eater. The Tale of the Painted Breast is a classic!
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GaryW Veteran user HSMagic 317 Posts |
I saw an ebay auction a couple days ago that was a redirect to a phishing site... when you attempted to see the item it re-directed you to a phishing site and asked you to log into your ebay account.
Definitley reported that one... not sure how they accomplished that. Nice thing is that IE7's phishing security works well. |
Andy the cardician Inner circle A street named after my dad 3362 Posts |
Thanks Bill
Cards never lie
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docmagik Regular user San Bernardino, CA 119 Posts |
Don't miss the point Gary's making--there are a LOT of auctions now that contain links that seem to stay on Ebay, but really re-direct to phishing sites.
In other words, you can be on ebay, clicking links on ebay, still think you're on ebay, and when you're prompted for your password, you're not on ebay. ALWAYS be careful when entering your password that you're still on the site you think you are. |
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