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WARNING !!!
Unfortunately the e mail account I use for this forum has been the target of "Spammers" for a very long time.
I received an e mail yesterday that my spam filter did not catch.
It was from Paypal warning me that my account had been voialted, requesting I take immediate action.
It's a phony guys, but I must admit it is very convincing, these people are good.
DO NOT access the link!!!!!
yeah ive been getting these for about a year and a few times a week...the number one rule i follow is go to the website and access the account from there!
Yes this technique is called Phishing (pronounced Fishing)
I see them all the time and report them all the time.
They will do online banks and Paypal, ebay, amazon.
Check out
http://www.antiphishing.org/
as with any email never click on the link, always visit ebay or paypal sepreate.... unless your sure its from ebay....
we had one which said an ebay user wanted to withdraw feedback, for some mobile phone which he'd brought off use....
first of all we have never sold any mobiles as we just deal in pottery, 2nd the ebay number was linked to another mobile phone listed on ebay. 3rd the user which wanted to withdraw the feed back didnt exist....
i passed the email on to spoof@ebay.com and they said it was a spoof...
you have to always be on your guard, in 5 years on dealing on ebay we have never had account problems where people have acessed the ebay or paypal account, so its extremely unlikely that we would get an email stating that our accounts have been hacked, suspended etc...
ebay is a good place to buy things which are rare or are hard to get, its a pain that people are trying to fraud ebay users, just dont let them spoil your fun of buying and selling...
The correct way to do it is to fill the values with stuff you know is wrong, eg
Username : spam this ****
password : go **** yourself
If it lets you in there you go.
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