new ebay scam,,,beware

ScarsdaleCoin

wow talk about a scam...... you get a email stating that someone really liked the item you sold them and has left you feedback....looks like an ebay message.... only problem is that the scam artist just picks any item youve sold and uses the buyers name....if you happen to hit the link to see the feedback......bam you might give em your account info.....beware

FloridaBill

WOW…is this really possible?

From my understanding of internet protocols, I didn’t think it possible for a scammer to phish info from just clicking on a link….

Opening an attachment, YES. Filling in information once you click on a link, YES. But just clicking on a link…I don’t think that’s possible…otherwise, the same type of links could be embedded within web pages, right?

Please correct me if I’m mistaken….

FloridaBill

SpaceMonkey

<< <i>WOW…is this really possible?

From my understanding of internet protocols, I didn’t think it possible for a scammer to phish info from just clicking on a link….

Opening an attachment, YES. Filling in information once you click on a link, YES. But just clicking on a link…I don’t think that’s possible…otherwise, the same type of links could be embedded within web pages, right?

Please correct me if I’m mistaken….

FloridaBill >>






I am guessing what he means by "you might give em your account info" is that there may be a window that opens asking for your login info and you would think it's ebay asking for it... but really you are on the scammers site.

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Click here to see an example

ScarsdaleCoin

yes...thanks spacemonkey

derryb

ALWAYS: only provide feedback from the link in "My Summary"