16 Jan
2006
16 Jan
'06
6:31 p.m.
Doc Shipley wrote:
A quick warning because I know a lot of y'all
deal extensively on
eBay, and I obviously hadn't seen this one before.
This is new to me too. I got one earlier today, but I caught it. What
made me suspect something was up, was that the email was so generic. In
addition, he asked things that were plainly stated in my auction. I did
a search for the username, and it came back as no longer a registered user!!
I just got a phished "My Messages" eBay email from "a potential
buyer". It purported to be a question about a listed item, and the
links to the listing took me to a fake login page. It's very slick, I
wasn't paying attention and I fell for it.
Well, if you look, it wasn't actually in the message area if you logged
into "My Ebay".
What's really ugly is that the phishing site actually *does* bounce
you into your own account and log you in.
I don't see how that's possible. Unless you mean that your browser
automatically fills in your username and password into a fake ebay page,
as if it were the real one. Otherwise, why would the scammer even need
to send an email to you?
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA