The most telling clue is that the message provides a link to click on. A real message from Paypal or Ebay or any financial institution will NOT provide a link to their web site. The message will tell you to go to your account and log on.
The links are easy to forge. Clicking on the blue link that says "www.paypal.com" may well send you to "www.gotcha-sucker.com" or some such place. Of course, the site will say it's what you think it should be and it'll look exactly like the real thing, including all the graphics, page layout, etc., but it isn't the "real thing". Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- There's an easy way to check if it's genuine email. When contacting by email regarding account details, Ebay and Paypal always address the client by full name, not something like 'Dear Paypal Client". Here's a great page within a site - just about every hard-to-find US telephone number and ways to shortcircuit the menu systems - my cyber-friend Rosie gave me the link. http://gethuman.com/us/ Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962 -- _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
