phishing site?????

Wondo

Good morning! I just got an ebay message on an auction I am running: My Auction

An ebay member messaged me that she had seen the exact same set offered two days ago and provided the link. I popped it into my browser and a security warning came up telling me it is a phishing site. I am not sure what it means or whjat to do. I havenot posted the link here so that someone doesn't go to it accidentally.

What to do?

jackstraw

A phishing site is where people get or try and get addresses and emails so they can sell your info or steal your identity. Not sure if it automatically gets your email by you visiting it though?

storm888

"What to do? "

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Just never click on ANY links provided in email,
OR in My-Messages.

alifaxwa2

When I get emails like this message(i use a netmail program not outlook), I scroll over the link with my mouse and don't click, usually (in IE) the exact address of the link will show up in the bar on the bottom of IE that usually says 'loading' and 'done'. When it a phishing site, it usually shows an addy like http://3312462.randomwebsite.jp/ebay.com/awholebunchofmorelettersandnumbersthatcouldbearealwebsiteaddyifitwasntforthefirstpart.htm

that tells me its a phishing site.
if it was real it would say
http://ebay.com/awholebunchofstuffthatisactuallycorrect.html

If you using Outlook or something like that, you could probably right click on the link and look at the properties and see what the link actually is.

stevek

<< <i>When I get emails like this message(i use a netmail program not outlook), I scroll over the link with my mouse and don't click, usually (in IE) the exact address of the link will show up in the bar on the bottom of IE that usually says 'loading' and 'done'. When it a phishing site, it usually shows an addy like http://3312462.randomwebsite.jp/ebay.com/awholebunchofmorelettersandnumbersthatcouldbearealwebsiteaddyifitwasntforthefirstpart.htm

that tells me its a phishing site.
if it was real it would say
http://ebay.com/awholebunchofstuffthatisactuallycorrect.html

If you using Outlook or something like that, you could probably right click on the link and look at the properties and see what the link actually is. >>



You're right about that - I do the exact same thing. I always wondered though how they get it to say like member@ebay.com in the header for the e-mail to look exactly like it came from ebay. I always thought when you send an e-mail, it automatically gives the receiver your e-mail automatically? I mean how could they possibly get it to say "ebay.com"? Obviously there is some e-mail program which overides that.

It has really gotten annoying to get these e-mails saying something such as member@ebay.com - I know they might be slightly different than the real ebay question e-mail but you sort of "have to" open them up to be sure. I remember one time a few weeks ago I was getting po'd at all the spam I received that day and almost deleted an ebay question which at first glance looked fake - but I opened it and it was a legitimate question from my auction. For some reason the guy copied and pasted the ebay question thing and could send it seperately off the ebay system because I list my e-mail in my auctions.

I guess it's a never ending battle with these stinkin' scammer SOB's!

Jdurg

One day about a year ago I was tired and not paying attention and fell for a shishing scam. I clicked on the link, something I usually NEVER do, and logged in. Suddenly, I realized that I wasn't at an actual E-Bay site. I IMMEDIATELY, went to E-Bay for real and changed my password and did the same on EVERY website I have ever visited that had any personal information on it. It took me a few hours, but I changed ALL of my passwords whether I thought they may be compromised or not. Thankfully, nothing ever happened and the dickwad who stole my password probably found it to be completely useless. Now, I never look at any e-mail from E-Bay. They are automatically deleted. If you need to contact me about something on E-Bay, I'll find out through My E-Bay and that's it.

mexisar

a new trick now is when you open the ebay auction page, it redirects you to a phishing site automatically, its looks exactly the same, except now you are not log in. Plus the url changes

colebear

I always run a security check through Norton, Mcfee, or the others just to be sure.