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  • Re: EBAY SCAM

    From Tom@mykrowyre@yahoo.com to alt.c64,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.tandy,comp.sys.apple2,rec.games.video.nintendo on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 00:37:38
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    Hey everyone, I just got an legit looking email from what is supposed
    to be ebay and it looks like a semi clever scam that im sure will get
    a few people. This one says they are giving away a ford explorer and
    all you have to do to enter is "sign in" which, when you click on the
    link, then takes you to a website which isnt ebay and im sure records
    your passwords. IF everyone wants to enter some fake user names and

    Watch out, there is a paypal one that does the same thing. It tells you
    they are updating their security profiles, but it sends to to a different
    site which looks like paypal.

    -tom



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  • From Chris Lehman@emily2000@peoplepc.com to alt.c64,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.tandy,comp.sys.apple2,rec.games.video.nintendo on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 22:47:01
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    paypal uses https and not http. So if you see http and not https then its
    not really paypal.
    "Tom" <mykrowyre@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:mPpMa.178078$cm4.4524222@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
    Hey everyone, I just got an legit looking email from what is supposed
    to be ebay and it looks like a semi clever scam that im sure will get
    a few people. This one says they are giving away a ford explorer and
    all you have to do to enter is "sign in" which, when you click on the
    link, then takes you to a website which isnt ebay and im sure records
    your passwords. IF everyone wants to enter some fake user names and

    Watch out, there is a paypal one that does the same thing. It tells you
    they are updating their security profiles, but it sends to to a different site which looks like paypal.

    -tom





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  • From White Flame \(aka David Holz\)@whiteflame52@y.a.h.o.o.com to alt.c64,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.tandy,comp.sys.apple2,rec.games.video.nintendo on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 00:49:18
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    "Chris Lehman" <emily2000@peoplepc.com> wrote in message news:vg4sih392ofj51@corp.supernews.com...
    paypal uses https and not http. So if you see http and not https then its
    not really paypal.

    But it's still child's play to set up https on any server. So if you get
    some notice from PayPal that you think might be legit, go to www.paypal.com, log in, and see if anything's there instead of linking through any links in
    the e-mail.

    --
    White Flame (aka David Holz)
    http://www.white-flame.com/
    (spamblock in effect)


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