Unfortunately, it can happen to anyone. On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:13:47 -0400, [email protected] wrote:
>It happened to me last week. Someone put up for sale 4 tickets to the >Hannah Montana show, that appeared to be from me!! In the post was a >message that if someone wanted to BUY THEM NOW, they had to contact so and >so, and his email was given. If they did that, they obviously would be told >to send money immediately to that person. Of course there were no tickets, >but that is the racket. Also note that the "auction" was for only for 24 >hrs (guess why). The bidding was already up to $300 before I had a chance >to notify eBay (who pulled it), and change my password. >Ray >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 2:48 PM >Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Record Price for Edison Army-Navy?? >> >> In a message dated 10/24/2007 10:58:29 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> No, I get them all the time, but being the naturally suspicious fellow >> that >> I am, I have never fallen for one of them, and send them immediately to >> [email protected] , so I can't imagine in this day and age of crooks, >> thieves, >> and con artists on the internet, that anyone in their right mind falls >> for >> that CRAP!! and wondered whether there was another way that these >> hijackers >> were lifting peoples passwords. >> >> Bruce >> >> >> Bruce, I had my eBay identity AND password hijacked recently and someone >> used it to put a bunch of Mercedes, Jaguars and Rovers up on eBay for >> sale by >> ......me! I still haven't figured out how they would benefit from this. >> But >> I was told by eBay that you don't even have to click on the links given >> on >> the phishing site for them to find your password. You just have to OPEN >> a >> phishing email for them to gain that information. I certainly don't >> understand >> how they can do that. I'm opening fewer emails now! >> ---Art Heller >> >> >> >> ************************************** See what's new at >> http://www.aol.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
