Spaceman Spiff Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I just got this weird email and did some research. Same thing happened to me as this guy here on this link. I don't get much spam/scams so I figure this might be pretty large. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up. http://www.horizonroad.com/blog/?p=63 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 a modern internet browser would have caught that one right? that's one of the oldest tricks in the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 a modern internet browser would have caught that one right?that's one of the oldest tricks in the book. Well the thing is that my mom used my laptop to look for a laptop of her own so it wasn't too far out of the question. Figured she might have gotten on my eBay username and placed a bid or something by mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 My brother in law almost got taken by an Ebay Motors scammer. Guy had done some hacking and pointed the Ebay search result page to his own mirror site which had nothing to do with Ebay and was taking folks for tens of thousands. Last I heard the FBI was involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark The Homer Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Yep, versions of this have been around for a while. It's called phishing. Never enter your password into a site brought to you via a link unless the url includes "https" - and also the url should make sense to you (as opposed to a bunch of numbers or something). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. S Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 also, safest way to log into your ebay account to check if there is really a question or "bad password" or whatever is to just go to ebay.com directly and sign in yourself. Anything they send is always going to be there in your my ebay page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurent Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 a modern internet browser would have caught that one right?that's one of the oldest tricks in the book. A modern browser won't catch it, since it's basically a social engineering attack that doesn't rely on software exploits. The only way to really catch attacks like this is to have a pretty comprehensive understanding on how the Internet works. TCP/IP, DNS, SSL and SMTP are fundamental concepts you have to at least understand on the surface to not fall victim to those kind of attacks. A good helping of common sense is vital too, but most people are just too gullible to question the authenticity of email messages like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsOrlando Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 This is going on with citibank as well, I have received multiple emails reporting my citibank password was recently changed and to log in and double check this is correct. I contacted citibank immediately and sent them the email to thefraud dept. Like the other posters have said, go to the site yourslef, never use a link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark The Homer Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 This is going on with citibank as well, I have received multiple emails reporting my citibank password was recently changed and to log in and double check this is correct. I contacted citibank immediately and sent them the email to thefraud dept. Like the other posters have said, go to the site yourslef, never use a link. I've received that one too. Problem is, I don't have any citibank accounts. D'oh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsOrlando Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I've received that one too. Problem is, I don't have any citibank accounts. D'oh! Well thats kind of how I knew immediately it was a scam, I have citibank accounts but have never accessed them online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanCollins Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 a modern internet browser would have caught that one right?that's one of the oldest tricks in the book. got one of those last year and was puzzled when firefox didn't fill in the username and password, it took a few seconds to figure it out. I've gotten dozens of bogus 2nd chance offers (I guess that means I loose a lot of auctions ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seabee1973 Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 If you get those links send teh original email to Spoof@ebay.com or if it is paypal just put paypal in front of .com to find out if its real or not paste it into your browser if it is a scam it wont come on they only work when clicking the link directly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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