Phising scam!!!!

Edward Tinker · 06-02-2009, 10:01 AM

This morning I received an ebay "message" it was a bit vauge, looked real as all get out, asked for my password. I typed it in and then it went to ebay. we nt to my ebay message area, NO message. I IMMEDIATELY changed my password.

So, point is, I was a security IT guy for years and I got hookered, so be careful out there!!!!

Ed

John Sabato · 06-03-2009, 09:03 AM

It has happened to me too Ed... sometime last year... but I vow it will never happen again, and I have been in Computer Security for decades!

You'all be careful out there.

tudorbug · 06-03-2009, 09:42 AM

I receive these fake Ebay emails constantly. I run them all through SPAMCOP. Easy to stumble and make an error, though.

David

Went Blakely · 06-03-2009, 03:30 PM

I used to get the real poorly made ones regularly, then they stopped for about a month and started back up, with one so well damned made, it just looked 99percent legit. Only thing that jipped it for me was a teeny one letter spelling mistake on the bottom of the ebay letterhead thingo. Just doesn't happen on legit documents, and it wasn't in my ebay. I don't even bother these days with ebay emails unless i know i'm bidding on something, or watching it etc. If it's not in My ebay, it's just, not ebay. I toss em quicksmart. If only there was a way to block them permanently?

lugerholsterrepair · 06-03-2009, 04:37 PM

It's easy to let down your guard....Always double check before you start entering your password.

Jerry Burney

06-02-2009, 10:01 AM	#1
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,926 Thanks: 2,014 Thanked 4,523 Times in 2,089 Posts	Phising scam!!!! This morning I received an ebay "message" it was a bit vauge, looked real as all get out, asked for my password. I typed it in and then it went to ebay. we nt to my ebay message area, NO message. I IMMEDIATELY changed my password. So, point is, I was a security IT guy for years and I got hookered, so be careful out there!!!! Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

06-03-2009, 09:03 AM	#2
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,153 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	It has happened to me too Ed... sometime last year... but I vow it will never happen again, and I have been in Computer Security for decades! You'all be careful out there. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

06-03-2009, 03:30 PM	#4
Went Blakely User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 231 Thanks: 4 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts	I used to get the real poorly made ones regularly, then they stopped for about a month and started back up, with one so well damned made, it just looked 99percent legit. Only thing that jipped it for me was a teeny one letter spelling mistake on the bottom of the ebay letterhead thingo. Just doesn't happen on legit documents, and it wasn't in my ebay. I don't even bother these days with ebay emails unless i know i'm bidding on something, or watching it etc. If it's not in My ebay, it's just, not ebay. I toss em quicksmart. If only there was a way to block them permanently? __________________ Went Blakely

06-03-2009, 04:37 PM	#5
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,766 Thanks: 4,883 Thanked 3,121 Times in 1,432 Posts	It's easy to let down your guard....Always double check before you start entering your password. Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

06-03-2009, 09:42 AM	#3
tudorbug Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 387 Thanks: 0 Thanked 40 Times in 29 Posts	I receive these fake Ebay emails constantly. I run them all through SPAMCOP. Easy to stumble and make an error, though. David