Yup. They hope that the message contents are a coincidence and scare you into seeing (i.e. clicking on..) what's it's about.
This happened to me a few years ago where I changed my ebay password, and about 30 minutes later got a phishing email that my password change failed. So I clicked the link and re-did it. As soon as I clicked on the submit button I noticed that the URl I was forwarded to was to some server in Russia. /facepalm. I went and sheepishly changed my ebay password AGAIN that very moment, with a bit of awe towards the clever con I had fallen into. Luckily I noticed. But how many others didn't? -B On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Scott Brim <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it's a troll, trying to shock you into clicking on something. > > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Nick Olsen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think it might just be coincidence. I've gotten about 10 of them and >> haven't been to ebay or amazon in months. >> Most of them have been for >60 dollar books. >> >> Nick Olsen >> Network Operations (855) FLSPEED x106 >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> From: "Brandt, Ralph" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 1:28 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: EBAY and AMAZON >> >> I have received bogus emails from both of the above on Friday. >> >> These look like I bought something that in both cases I did not buy. >> The EBAY was a golf club for $887 and the Amazon was a novel for $82, >> far more than I would have spent on either. >> >> I think I looked at the novel on Amazon and I remember the golf club >> came up on a search with something else on Ebay. >> >> How this information could get to someone spoofing is a little >> disconcerting. >> >> I have changed EBAY and Paypal Passwords as instructed. >> >> Ralph Brandt >> Communications Engineer >> HP Enterprise Services >> Telephone +1 717.506.0802 >> FAX +1 717.506.4358 >> Email [email protected] >> 5095 Ritter Rd >> Mechanicsburg PA 17055 >> >> >>
