A Friendly Scam Warning For eBay Users
I recently received this email from ebay...or so I thought. I initially clicked on the link to check it out and was taken to a form where they wanted my personal information--ALL of my personal information, including credit card number, pins and passwords.
Doubting that ebay would need that much information, I went back to the original email and noticed that the message was sent to an address other than the one I use to access ebay. I immediately sent a copy of the email to ebay and they verified that this is a scam used to pilfer credit card information off of ebay users by scaring them into thinking their account has been accessed by an unauthorized third party (ironic, isn't it?). As you can see, it's a pretty good looking "ebay" letter.
Be warned, my friends. They're out to get us.
Doubting that ebay would need that much information, I went back to the original email and noticed that the message was sent to an address other than the one I use to access ebay. I immediately sent a copy of the email to ebay and they verified that this is a scam used to pilfer credit card information off of ebay users by scaring them into thinking their account has been accessed by an unauthorized third party (ironic, isn't it?). As you can see, it's a pretty good looking "ebay" letter.
Be warned, my friends. They're out to get us.
Labels: David C. Price
posted by DAVID C. PRICE at 5/06/2005 08:35:00 PM
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