Recently my dad, my friends and many other people with E-Bay, or Pay-Pal accounts have been getting professional looking e-mails saying that they need their information updated. Credit Card number, bank, checking etc... It looks very real, so just beware, if you get an e-mail from either Pay Pal or E-bay asking for you to update your information, ignore it no matter how professional it looks.

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I made a thread, that turned into the debate, so I made a second thread, that turned into a debate, then I made a third thread, that caught on fire, burned down, got flamed, crapped on, bashed, then turned into a debate...but the fourth one, the fourth one stayed on topic!

[This message has been edited by SAJN_Master (edited July 02, 2004).]

...ok?

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*landfish 'splodes*
7 of 14

ok? what, I'm telling you, if they as you to update your information don't. And don't say "Who could be that stupid?!?" becuase it's very professional.

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I made a thread, that turned into the debate, so I made a second thread, that turned into a debate, then I made a third thread, that caught on fire, burned down, got flamed, crapped on, bashed, then turned into a debate...but the fourth one, the fourth one stayed on topic!

If you don't update it through Email, is it really that dangerous? :/

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"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity."

-Albert Einstein

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too.

I'm guessing they ask you to update it by sending them the information in an E-Mail.

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AIM ID: BlueViper192
E-Mail: FCTuner04--//[at]\\--gmail--//[dot]\\--com

RiP -MaDaVentor-
The Limelite

That's the thing it links you to a page where you fill out all the info.

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I made a thread, that turned into the debate, so I made a second thread, that turned into a debate, then I made a third thread, that caught on fire, burned down, got flamed, crapped on, bashed, then turned into a debate...but the fourth one, the fourth one stayed on topic!

I think that those have been floating around for quite a while. I'm pretty sure that I read about the Paypal in PC Magazine, but I don't recall the E-Bay one. I want to say there is a version out that looks like it's from Microsoft, but I honestly can't remember.

I'd never send any private information like that to anyone requesting it via email, but I think it's nice of you to warn us all about this, and I appreciate the trouble you went through to let us in on this apparently well-executed scheme of fraud.

I got one that looked like it was from ebay, but the url it sent me to wasn't at ebay.com...

I just ignored it.

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http://www.sporkaudio.com

typical phishing scam.



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Thanks SAJN, I just got one of them the other day. I deleted, but thanks for the heads up.

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Yeah, I know someone who got one from "Paypal"

It linked to a very professional/official-looking Paypal site and asked for this guy's login info and stuff. He realised the URL wasnt from Paypal and reported it to the authorities.

If I click on a link in email (which is very rare), I always look at the URL first. Always. If I don't know what it is or where its going, I simply don't go there.

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I just always ignore anything like that. If there really was something wrong with my eBay or Paypal account, I'm sure it would tell me and I could fix it the next time I log in.

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The Massassi-Map
There is no spoon.

dude, most of us already know that and no for the obligitory two words,

OLD NEWZ!

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Those silly bullets have minds of their own!
Jon`C:Irony is spelling 'quality' poorly.
Spork:Well I think 'Irony is spelling grammar poorly'
Snail racing: (500 posts per line)-@%

i saw something about that on the screen savers...

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He was warning us so we wouldn't lose money. Don't be rude.

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"This world is made of love and peace!"
"Let's live today, let's live tomorrow, and let's live the day after that, even if it means living in eternal pain."
- Vash the Stampede

I got a virus today, but nothing ebay-ish. But I'll keep a look out.

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Here is the "log in" part of the scam. Don't log in, because this is fake

http://207.234.168.220/www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/login.html

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I made a thread, that turned into the debate, so I made a second thread, that turned into a debate, then I made a third thread, that caught on fire, burned down, got flamed, crapped on, bashed, then turned into a debate...but the fourth one, the fourth one stayed on topic!

Interesting how the log-in screen doesn't even look like the real one. Also interesting how clicking "sign up" takes you to the real paypal site.

It's also kinda funny at http://207.234.168.220 where it says "Ebay" then under it, says "an ebay company".
Brilliant.
Not at all suspicious.
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For a healty meal, eat mashed potatoes, peas, and catloaf.
Valuable Life Lesson: Frog + Potato Gun = Blindness
Catalog of Electronic Components - Complete IC data sheets
National Electrical Code® (NEC®) Online - Legal requirements for wiring projects.

[This message has been edited by DogSRoOL (edited July 03, 2004).]