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« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2006, 01:13:46 PM » |
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Never ever use links in emails particularly those which you know have sensitive information.
Banks, ebay, paypal etc etc.
Use the main page that you normally goto to get to the site and navigate from there.
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The Baron
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« Reply #16 on: February 06, 2006, 01:30:22 PM » |
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Has any1 ever received an email from Ebay telling them that their account will be suspended if they don't update their details.
I clicked a link which sent me to a log in page. I entered my name and password.
Then I found myself on a page that asked for my details.
Card number, security cods, and ATM pin number.
hmm
Then I realised it must be a hoax.
I was a bit concerned that I'd typed in my log-in password though.
I tried the link again, this time typing in a random (incorrect) password with my log-in name. It still worked and I was once again sent to the financial details page.
Has any1 else received this message?
Is it definately a hoax?
And is the log-in password I typed in safe?
Hoax, 100%. Large companies never really ask for details like this. It is VERY easy to knock up an email like this to make it look like it came from EBay. |
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« Reply #17 on: February 06, 2006, 01:34:00 PM » |
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When Ebay send out any mail now it is addressed to you by your whole name so you know it is genuine.
This is NOT true. It is easy to send an email to you from EBay using your whole name. |
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« Reply #18 on: February 06, 2006, 01:35:05 PM » |
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Is it worth me pasting the email in here so people know what to look out for?
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« Reply #19 on: February 06, 2006, 01:47:32 PM » |
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Good idea mate.
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« Reply #20 on: February 06, 2006, 03:11:54 PM » |
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Get them all the time. Really annoys me, so i got a secure email account and have all internet type business stuff go through there.
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« Reply #21 on: February 06, 2006, 03:27:39 PM » |
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Here's one possible solution..... Stop buying and selling tat on the internet  |
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« Reply #22 on: February 06, 2006, 03:40:06 PM » |
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i get 5 or 6 of these a week from ebay and i dont even have an ebay account i also get a whole hog from different banks of which i havent got an account never click on the links in an email without checking its location first you can do this by move the mouse over the link and in the bottom toobar it will tell you where its sending you if the link is different from what you think then its a fake just as clicking www.bbc.co.uk would take you to blondes homepage and not the bbc's |
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« Reply #23 on: February 06, 2006, 04:58:41 PM » |
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I deactivated online access to my bank account.
Changed all my passwords, including my ebay one.
Do I need to do anything else?
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« Reply #24 on: February 06, 2006, 05:00:57 PM » |
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cancel any card that is linked to your ebay account and get replacements
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« Reply #25 on: February 06, 2006, 05:12:06 PM » |
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Have you doublechecked that all your details on ebay haven't been changed?
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« Reply #26 on: February 06, 2006, 05:14:26 PM » |
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cancel any card that is linked to your ebay account and get replacements
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« Reply #27 on: February 06, 2006, 05:18:43 PM » |
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I get these spoof emails all the time, the best way to check if they are genuine or not is to check the source code.
Click "view" up top, then source. Then when the notepad pops up with the source code in, click edit then find.
Type in mail or email. If it finds a dodgy email infront of word mailer, then this means when you log in to that page the mailer sends the info you typed into the login page back to the bstards email address.
Oh and by doing this you can get the culprits email and report them to Ebay.
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« Reply #28 on: February 07, 2006, 03:43:57 PM » |
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never ever click on something in an email.
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