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New Phish - Warning
Web | 2/1/06

Posted on 02/01/2006 6:08:04 AM PST by pabianice

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1 posted on 02/01/2006 6:08:05 AM PST by pabianice
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I sell books on Amazon.com. I get phished like this on a weekly basis. They pretend to be Amazon.com with urgent info for me, or they're threatening to cancel my account, or they tell me someone ELSE has been trying to get at my CC number and I need to re-enter it...blah, blah, blah.

While the graphics are spot-on, there are always grammar and spelling errors. *Rolleyes*

It's good to warn people of this though, so, Thanks! :)


2 posted on 02/01/2006 6:11:29 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: pabianice

If I want to know what's going on with my eBay purchases I just go right to the site, I don't open e-mail which MAY be from them.


3 posted on 02/01/2006 6:13:30 AM PST by NRA1995 (GOOOOOOO STEELERS!!!)
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Foward it to ebay and ask them.

There is another one where people post expensive items for low Buy-it-Now prices and then if you attempt to contact the seller about it, you get an email from ebay saying that the phisher has basically stolen the information from a legitmate seller and is using it in some sort of scam. I found it when I was looking at upper end cruiser motorcycles. The dead giveaway is the ridiculously low price and no VIN.


4 posted on 02/01/2006 6:15:24 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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Legitimate email from Ebay will always be copied to your messages area in your "myEbay" account area. If it ain't there, it ain't legit.


5 posted on 02/01/2006 6:16:21 AM PST by FReepaholic (Proud participant in FR mass hysteria since 1998)
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Forward the email to spoof@ebay.com. It is important that all phising letters go to spoof. they jump right on it.


6 posted on 02/01/2006 6:17:42 AM PST by Lokibob (Spelling and typos are copyrighted. Please do not use.)
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I got a cute one the other day:

It was a 2nd chance offer for a corvette ($1900.00). LOL, like I'm gonna fall for that.

Sure enough, it was a spoof.


7 posted on 02/01/2006 6:19:40 AM PST by Lokibob (Spelling and typos are copyrighted. Please do not use.)
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I've had this kind of thing happen a good bit recently on ebay as well.

Ebay messages do not only come to the email account you registered with ebay, they also go to your Messages in MyEbay. If unsure, always log onto your ebay account and check for messages there.

Forward the bs email to spoof@ebay.com. You'll get boilerplate in reply from them, but it at least lets them know.


8 posted on 02/01/2006 6:20:19 AM PST by dmz
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why in the sam hill would you respond to someone who claims you did a transaction with them and did not finish it, when you never bid on it?

ANYONE who follows an email link to an ebay or paypal or bank site is, simply, stupid.

can't think of another way to say it

9 posted on 02/01/2006 6:21:16 AM PST by When_Penguins_Attack (Smashing Windows, Breaking down Gates. Proud Mepis User!!!!)
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somebody should start an ebay ping list.


10 posted on 02/01/2006 6:21:55 AM PST by Lokibob (Spelling and typos are copyrighted. Please do not use.)
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To: When_Penguins_Attack

No more stupid than the folks who cannot help but post their useless opinions on these kinds of threads.


11 posted on 02/01/2006 6:22:37 AM PST by dmz
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This is new???


12 posted on 02/01/2006 6:23:00 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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Stay away from Ebay. Problem solved.


13 posted on 02/01/2006 6:24:07 AM PST by devane617 (An Alley-Cat mind is a terrible thing to waste)
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Are you that desperate to sell and buy crap that you have to go to this ridiculous website??? Anyone who uses or goes to e-bay or anyother such should be confined for observation.


14 posted on 02/01/2006 6:24:48 AM PST by Doc Savage (Of all these things you can be sure, only love...will endure.......................)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Also don't leave your 9 year old daughters alone with their bass player.


15 posted on 02/01/2006 6:27:43 AM PST by Rumple4
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To: dmz
No more stupid than the folks who cannot help but post their useless opinions on these kinds of threads.

But of course that excludes your delightful and insighful missives. Right?

Best wishes and I hope those hemorrhoids get better.

16 posted on 02/01/2006 6:28:20 AM PST by When_Penguins_Attack (Smashing Windows, Breaking down Gates. Proud Mepis User!!!!)
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To: pabianice

As an avid ebayer, I've been getting similar messages for hte past couple of months. Some are ebay phish emails, but most are paypal scams. If one is in a hurry or distracted, it could be easy to fall for some of these scams. The links appear to go to ebay or paypal, but actually go to a completely different URL. BEWARE


17 posted on 02/01/2006 6:28:34 AM PST by PilloryHillary (Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.)
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To: Doc Savage

I strongly disagree- I got a WONDERFUL pair of BOSE 911 speakers from ebay for about 1/4 the cost of a new pair.

They are the best speakers I have ever owned


18 posted on 02/01/2006 6:28:44 AM PST by Mr. K (Some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help...)
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To: Doc Savage
Doc, Ain't that the truth...Ebay will continue to get worse as the scammers get more sophisticated. Ebay has to change the business model or risk problems.
19 posted on 02/01/2006 6:29:13 AM PST by devane617 (An Alley-Cat mind is a terrible thing to waste)
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And here's another scam I've seen and heard about a few times. You win the auction, and you pay with PayPal (which doesn't give the seller any of your banking or credit card numbers). Then they don't collect the funds, and the seller tells you they need you to pay via electronic check or credit card--which does give them that information. It happened to me this week, and I backed out of the sale and reported them to eBay.


20 posted on 02/01/2006 6:30:02 AM PST by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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