If you get an email from eBay or PayPal that asks you to click on a link, and you haven't specifically requested it, rest assured it is fraudulent. I spend several hours a day running down these 'phishing' scams.
-Adam Bob Sullivan wrote: > Jay, > > I got a similar message out of the UK. > When I tried to look for the sender, it said that AOL user was busy. > When I clicked the "Respond Now" button, it asked for a log-in. > That's when I quit. > > The easy way to check those is on your My Ebay. > It lists your My Messages. > When I check, nothing was no message. > > Regards, Bob S. > > On 7/11/06, Jay Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I just got a fake eBay message from a supposed buyer threatening to >>report me to eBay if I don't answer his question. It looks just like >>the regular eBay messages with a Respond Now button. The item in >>question does not exist. Not sure what would happen if I would have >>bit on it, but it was initially pretty compelling. The message was >>worded like this: >> >>Hey, listen buddy, i don't know what kind of game are you playing >>with me. If you don't answer me i'll be forced to report you at ebay >>and i assure you that you will be suspended from ebay. This is the >>final warning. >>cata2000x >> >>I suspect that the link to respond would take you to some fake login >>that would perhaps reveal your real login for use by these losers. >>Anyhow just thought I'd give a heads up to others in the PDML. >> >>JayT >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>PDML@pdml.net >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
