16 Jan
2006
16 Jan
'06
7:19 p.m.
At 08:31 PM 1/16/2006, C Fernandez wrote:
Well, if you look, it wasn't actually in the
message area if you logged into "My Ebay".
Yes, and that's the best way to avoid the zillion fake eBay messages.
Don't rely on your own email, only read it in "My eBay." That's what
eBay tells you to do.
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?
The code under the "Sign in Securely" button on eBay's login page
just does a POST to :
https://signin.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?co_partnerid=2&siteid=0&Us…
with a few variables set, so it's easy to fake from another site.
Automated posting of forms is a useful trick.
- John