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Most obnoxious scammer yet.

notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭
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A scammer just sent me an e-mail in a phony e-bay message format referencing a real car auction on ebay motors in Canada. Of course when I clicked on the link for the auction it asked me to log into a phone ebay site. (that's where you have to stop if you don't want your account hijacked)

Here is the obnoxious message:

"Where is my money?? WHY DONT YOU RESPOND ME!??!?! If I dont hear from you in 24 hours, I will contact ebay!!!"

Just another variation on the old phony site to hijack your account scam.

--Jerry

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  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,230 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Can't something bad happen by just clicking on a malicious link?

    "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso

  • GATGAT Posts: 3,146 ✭
    Yes, a malicious program could be installed on your computer.
    USAF vet 1951-59
  • granpagrafgranpagraf Posts: 292
    I get those low life, scumbag scammers every now and then, all I do is forward the message to E-bay and let them handle it! Don't ever give Your user I D or Password to sign in the bogus site!
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  • lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭
    Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Not Wilight.

    Ray
  • urfunny07urfunny07 Posts: 34
    I suggest downloading the eBay toolbar right from ebay it will help identify spoof sites and links also I think paypal has one on their site.. good luck
  • COINB0YCOINB0Y Posts: 4,505
    That was me trying to get at your (15) 2006 W-Unc sets that you picked up from that Blackrock fellaimage

    Just kidding, of course!

    Way to go, BTW.
  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Can't something bad happen by just clicking on a malicious link? >>



    If you aren't running spyware then a cookie could be installed that monitors your activity. I have quality spyware on all my machines and I like to see the phony addresses the scammers are using.

    Another way to think about this: the scam exists totally outside of the ebay system. always answer messages within the ebay system and you'll be fine. Now recognize that the scam e-mail may mix legitimate links to ebay auctions and pages in with the fake ebay link designed to harvest your login info.

    --jerry

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