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Post by deb193 on Feb 27, 2006 12:27:29 GMT -5
FOr a while I have been seeing phishing messages set up to look like ebay messages. Like something generated by the "ask seller a question" link. My spam filter catches most of it. Today there was slightly different wording and it got through the spam filter. (Which I quickly trained to detect this). The text of the message was: hi,
I was wondering if your item is still available for sale.I`m very interested to buy it.Please advice me where are you located(the exactly address)
and also what payment option do you want for it.
I hope to hear from you as soon as possible so we can go ahead with the transaction.
Thank you! Just a heads up. |
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Post by xenaswolf on Feb 27, 2006 12:57:17 GMT -5
Thanks for the heads up. I've seen similar stuff, guess its mutated again.
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Post by BAZ on Feb 27, 2006 23:01:39 GMT -5
Just got the same one the other day Daniel, I report all of them to ebay/Paypal. (spoof@ebay.com) (spoof@paypal.com) What a world.
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Post by Cher on Feb 28, 2006 9:33:49 GMT -5
They (the phishers) are sending some out that use an image instead of text so when you click on forward or reply there's nothing there to send in. I guess they figured that ebay or paypal wouldn't be able to trace them that way. However, there is a way to get the image and link in there by copying it from the page source. Otherwise I click on the link just to get the url of the site and paste that into the email. It's too bad they can't catch these b******s who live or nothing but to make life miserable for others.
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Feb 28, 2006 11:42:20 GMT -5
just trained my spam filter- Ahhh phishing- I love phising (oooppps wait wrong thing)
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Post by pho on Mar 1, 2006 8:36:44 GMT -5
Never click on one of thier links....once you click they got ya.
Pho
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Post by Cher on Mar 1, 2006 9:51:32 GMT -5
Never click on one of thier links....once you click they got ya. Pho I'm curious as to why you say that. Clicking on their link isn't going to give them your login name or password. They can't get that unless you type it in to, as they usually call it, upgrade your information. |
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Post by stefan on Mar 1, 2006 13:06:18 GMT -5
Yes but when you click their link- they know they have a valid E-mail address- your doommed to SPAM HELL~~~
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Post by Cher on Mar 1, 2006 14:51:47 GMT -5
Yes but when you click their link- they know they have a valid E-mail address- your doommed to SPAM HELL~~~ Yes but the phishers are only interested in getting your log in information so they can get to your account. They don't get that when you just click on their link, you have to type the info in. Besides after 10 years with the same email address, do you think I'm not in spam hell already? |
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Post by Alice on Mar 1, 2006 15:32:38 GMT -5
I'm with Cher on this one.
It's OK to click on the link. What's NOT OK is to type in your password or credit card # into the web pages that e-mail brought you to.
I'm curious... What happens if you put in a bogus name, bogus password, and bogus credit card # into those spoof web sites. Will it say "Thank you for updating your information"?
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Post by parfive on Mar 1, 2006 16:19:03 GMT -5
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Post by Alice on Mar 1, 2006 17:07:17 GMT -5
Interesting
They must have you typing into a program that checks out all your info to validate if your info is correct, right away (kind of like credit card transactions).
That means, if you happen to give all your correct info into one of those sites, you can be ruined within seconds.
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