Fake eBay Powerseller scheme

[Synapse Syndrome]

I got this email purporting to come from eBay inviting me to become a
"Titanium Power Seller". I'll Forward it as the first reply to this. They
almost had me, had they not used the wrong font on their fake signing in
page. When I noticed that I realised that the address looked dodgy too.

ss.

 

[ric]

I got this email purporting to come from eBay inviting me to become a
"Titanium Power Seller". I'll Forward it as the first reply to this.
They almost had me, had they not used the wrong font on their fake signing
in page. When I noticed that I realised that the address looked dodgy
too.

Among numerous other things, the little gold "lock" that appears on your
toolbar when you visit secure sites *WON'T* appear in these phishing
email sites. Also, run a "WHOIS" on the actual URL that appears in your
URL "address" bar (if you are using ver 6.0 of IE, or Firefox or
Netscape.) It will not be eBay's URL (66.135.192.87, etc.) If it's not
66.135.xxx.xxx, then it's not eBay.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Among numerous other things, the little gold "lock" that appears on your
toolbar when you visit secure sites *WON'T* appear in these phishing
email sites. Also, run a "WHOIS" on the actual URL that appears in your
URL "address" bar (if you are using ver 6.0 of IE, or Firefox or
Netscape.) It will not be eBay's URL (66.135.192.87, etc.) If it's not
66.135.xxx.xxx, then it's not eBay.

Yeah, I did a WHOIS and it comes from Taiwan.

I forgot to say that I sent it to these groups because I'm pretty sure that
my email address was found in one of these groups, as it my usenet address
which gets forwarded to my main account.

ss.

 

[Queenie]

Please explain what a "WHOIS" is about and how it is done. Thank you.

 

[DevilsPGD]

Among numerous other things, the little gold "lock" that appears on your
toolbar when you visit secure sites *WON'T* appear in these phishing
email sites. Also, run a "WHOIS" on the actual URL that appears in your
URL "address" bar (if you are using ver 6.0 of IE, or Firefox or
Netscape.) It will not be eBay's URL (66.135.192.87, etc.) If it's not
66.135.xxx.xxx, then it's not eBay.

Actually it's fairly trivial for a phisher to use SSL (the little gold
lock), this should not be trusted as an indicator of whether or not
you're on a phishing site or a real one.

 

[Pennywise]

|>Please explain what a "WHOIS" is about and how it is done. Thank you.

Short form,

http://tinyurl.com/dsv2o

example

http://dnsstuff.com/

 

[Cheeky]

Please explain what a "WHOIS" is about and how it is done. Thank you.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=define:+WHOIS&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

 

[Michael C]

I got this email purporting to come from eBay inviting me to become a
"Titanium Power Seller". I'll Forward it as the first reply to this.
They almost had me, had they not used the wrong font on their fake signing
in page. When I noticed that I realised that the address looked dodgy
too.

I've had only one ebay scam sent to me before. It was quite obvious it was a
fake just from the poor english but just looked wrong in general. They can't
be too bright, although maybe they don't need to be.

Michael

 

[ric]

Please explain what a "WHOIS" is about and how it is done. Thank you.

Go to http://ws.arin.net/whois

 

[ric]

Actually it's fairly trivial for a phisher to use SSL (the little gold
lock), this should not be trusted as an indicator of whether or not
you're on a phishing site or a real one.

I've yet to get a phishing email from someone using a verified
secure site.

 

[DevilsPGD]

I've yet to get a phishing email from someone using a verified
secure site.

Only because phishers are lazy. They're trivially easy to set up
though.

 

[Trevor Best]

In message <INhIe.168556$go.112203@fed1read05> "ric" <[email protected]>
wrote:




Only because phishers are lazy. They're trivially easy to set up
though.

Don't you need a certificate from Verisign or Twaite or something?

 

[Trevor Best]

I've had only one ebay scam sent to me before. It was quite obvious it was a
fake just from the poor english but just looked wrong in general. They can't
be too bright, although maybe they don't need to be.

There's a lot more people a lot less bright out there, you only have to
be smarter than the person you're trying to outwit. I get loads of egay
emails, the first thing I do is look at the address it was sent to,
haven't yet had one sent to the address I signed up to ebay with (mind
ewe, I haven't bought or sold anything on there yet).

 

[Damon]

There's a lot more people a lot less bright out there, you only have to
be smarter than the person you're trying to outwit. I get loads of egay
emails, the first thing I do is look at the address it was sent to,
haven't yet had one sent to the address I signed up to ebay with (mind
ewe, I haven't bought or sold anything on there yet).

Also if they don't use your name.

The address it is sent to is a dead giveaway, anything like that I get
to my NG posting address is binned.

The Ebay Toolbar will also warn you if you go to a site that isn't one
of their's but looks like it.
seful for people who ebay a lot. Auction ending alerts etc
Damon

 

[Michael Swift]

There's a lot more people a lot less bright out there, you only have to
be smarter than the person you're trying to outwit. I get loads of egay
emails, the first thing I do is look at the address it was sent to,
haven't yet had one sent to the address I signed up to ebay with (mind
ewe, I haven't bought or sold anything on there yet).

It's a lot more simple than that, anything that requests me to confirm
my details is deleted straight away.

Mike

 

[George Hester]

It's a scam. Never click on a link to eBay from your e-mail even those which come from eBay. Doing so is a recipe for disaster.

 

[Michael C]

It's a lot more simple than that, anything that requests me to confirm
my details is deleted straight away.

But plenty of genuine emails come in from ebay that require you to sign in.
Maybe the signin screen isn't the first one you see but it's always just 1
click away. It would be pretty easy to fool a lot of people with this.

Michael

 

[Michael Swift]

But plenty of genuine emails come in from ebay that require you to sign
in. Maybe the signin screen isn't the first one you see but it's always
just 1 click away. It would be pretty easy to fool a lot of people with
this.

Anything from ebay I've had has been relevant to a purchase so contained
details I would not expect a con merchant to know.

You would have to be a bit thick to receive an e-mail saying your
account has been used illegally and could you please confirm your
passwords and Visa details, and yes I know such people do exist.

Mike

 

[kony]

Anything from ebay I've had has been relevant to a purchase so contained
details I would not expect a con merchant to know.

You would have to be a bit thick to receive an e-mail saying your
account has been used illegally and could you please confirm your
passwords and Visa details, and yes I know such people do exist.

Agreed, I don't recall anything ever received from ebay that
required clicking-through any email links though it is a
good point you made about currrent aution status updates.
One can go to ebay through main 'site URL and log into their
account if/when necessary.

 

[yoosnet]

Agreed, I don't recall anything ever received from ebay that
required clicking-through any email links though it is a
good point you made about currrent aution status updates.
One can go to ebay through main 'site URL and log into their
account if/when necessary.

All genuine Ebay emails begin with your name. Anything that starts
with 'Dear ebay user' or 'Dear Paypal user' is a fraud.