If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
ebay scam
There's an ebay scam going around. Notice the impecable English.
eBay Notification Dear eBay User, Because of the repeated tryes of viruses and hackers attacks on our auctions website, the ebay technic staff have developed a special security program for the your eBay accounts. For starting this procedures please proceed with folowing the next steps: 1. Please complete the next form: signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?SignIn&ssPageName=h:h:sin:eBayproble ms 2. Do not acces your eBay account until you will not receive instructions from the eBay technic staff. 3. Because we have a lot of eBay accounts and informations to process, you can receive the informations from eBay staff for completing the securising program in maximum 5 days. 4. Acces your eBay account only after you receive the informations for making the securising procedures. 5. Not respecting the upper instructions can get to the suspension of your account. eBay Incorporated can not take any responsability for this repercurssions. As outlined in our User Agreement, eBay will periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements. Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions. Regards, Safeharbor Department eBay, Inc. -- How Dubya stole the election: http://www.ericblumrich.com/gta.html |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
ebay scam
why is it...I can almost see Osama Bin Laden sitting in a cave, with a cell
link hookup, typing that, smirking the whole time? "Boo" wrote in message s.com... There's an ebay scam going around. Notice the impecable English. eBay Notification Dear eBay User, Because of the repeated tryes of viruses and hackers attacks on our auctions website, the ebay technic staff have developed a special security program for the your eBay accounts. For starting this procedures please proceed with folowing the next steps: 1. Please complete the next form: signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?SignIn&ssPageName=h:h:sin:eBayproble ms 2. Do not acces your eBay account until you will not receive instructions from the eBay technic staff. 3. Because we have a lot of eBay accounts and informations to process, you can receive the informations from eBay staff for completing the securising program in maximum 5 days. 4. Acces your eBay account only after you receive the informations for making the securising procedures. 5. Not respecting the upper instructions can get to the suspension of your account. eBay Incorporated can not take any responsability for this repercurssions. As outlined in our User Agreement, eBay will periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements. Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions. Regards, Safeharbor Department eBay, Inc. -- How Dubya stole the election: http://www.ericblumrich.com/gta.html |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
ebay scam
Has anyone gotten many cryptic ebay questions from non-existent
buyers? I get quite a few of these, and the auctions referenced are also non-existant. Seems like an email address harvester relying on people's willingness to respond to an apparently mis-directed email. Pete |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
ebay scam
"Boo" wrote in message s.com... There's an ebay scam going around. Notice the impecable English. eBay Notification Dear eBay User, Because of the repeated tryes of viruses and hackers attacks on our auctions website, the ebay technic staff have developed a special security program for the your eBay accounts. For starting this procedures please proceed with folowing the next steps: 1. Please complete the next form: signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?SignIn&ssPageName=h:h:sin:eBayproble ms 2. Do not acces your eBay account until you will not receive instructions from the eBay technic staff. 3. Because we have a lot of eBay accounts and informations to process, you can receive the informations from eBay staff for completing the securising program in maximum 5 days. 4. Acces your eBay account only after you receive the informations for making the securising procedures. 5. Not respecting the upper instructions can get to the suspension of your account. eBay Incorporated can not take any responsability for this repercurssions. As outlined in our User Agreement, eBay will periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements. Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions. Regards, Safeharbor Department eBay, Inc. -- How Dubya stole the election: http://www.ericblumrich.com/gta.html WOW , its almost word perfect pigeon english, it MUST be from ebay, LOL, but seriously, this is an example of a easily identifyable scam , I have seen similar but more believable, and not just from ebay, from nat west, lloyds tsb, barclays bank, etc, etc............. Rule of thumb is that no legitimate site will ever send anything that asks you to login and check or change your details, never use a link from anything like this either, if your not sure if its real , then it probably isnt, there are also e-mails that give a link address which is actually a link to a virus. Never follow a link from an e-mail, if your not sure of the sender, use your bookmark links or find the real site address, the addresses can even look authentic, but there will be a slight difference in spelling or wording. And report every e-mail to the relevant company, they will deal with it from there. Beware. Brian.................... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.614 / Virus Database: 393 - Release Date: 05/03/2004 |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
ebay scam
"Peter" wrote in message om... Has anyone gotten many cryptic ebay questions from non-existent buyers? I get quite a few of these, and the auctions referenced are also non-existant. Seems like an email address harvester relying on people's willingness to respond to an apparently mis-directed email. Pete I have had a few, if the subject doesnt match anything im selling or buyimg I delete it, alwayts check the "to" line as it rarely has your actual email address or name in it. Brian........................... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.614 / Virus Database: 393 - Release Date: 05/03/2004 |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
ebay scam
i buy and sell some expensive stuff on ebay, and when you get into the
thousands or even tens of thousands of $$$$$$$, i've got open solicitations to buy stolen merchandise, and encountered the "too good to be true" scenario, which it nearly always is. when in doubt, use online escrow and pay by plastic. paypal is good for transactions under $1000. i've made countless purchases from $2000-$5000, a few from $5000-$10,000, and a couple over that amount. a few years ago i was shopping for a plane, but always got outbid. my finances have gone down since then, but i still occasionally bid on items like antique music boxes, esoteric audio/video equipment, and fine art that gets up there. when fraud pops up, i report it to ebay and let them handle it-- offers of stolen property go to the FBI, or interpol if the seller is overseas. if you're careful and do your homework, you can avoid geting ripped off. good luck with it--- "brian" wrote in message ... "Boo" wrote in message s.com... There's an ebay scam going around. Notice the impecable English. eBay Notification Dear eBay User, Because of the repeated tryes of viruses and hackers attacks on our auctions website, the ebay technic staff have developed a special security program for the your eBay accounts. For starting this procedures please proceed with folowing the next steps: 1. Please complete the next form: signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?SignIn&ssPageName=h:h:sin:eBayproble ms 2. Do not acces your eBay account until you will not receive instructions from the eBay technic staff. 3. Because we have a lot of eBay accounts and informations to process, you can receive the informations from eBay staff for completing the securising program in maximum 5 days. 4. Acces your eBay account only after you receive the informations for making the securising procedures. 5. Not respecting the upper instructions can get to the suspension of your account. eBay Incorporated can not take any responsability for this repercurssions. As outlined in our User Agreement, eBay will periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements. Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions. Regards, Safeharbor Department eBay, Inc. -- How Dubya stole the election: http://www.ericblumrich.com/gta.html WOW , its almost word perfect pigeon english, it MUST be from ebay, LOL, but seriously, this is an example of a easily identifyable scam , I have seen similar but more believable, and not just from ebay, from nat west, lloyds tsb, barclays bank, etc, etc............. Rule of thumb is that no legitimate site will ever send anything that asks you to login and check or change your details, never use a link from anything like this either, if your not sure if its real , then it probably isnt, there are also e-mails that give a link address which is actually a link to a virus. Never follow a link from an e-mail, if your not sure of the sender, use your bookmark links or find the real site address, the addresses can even look authentic, but there will be a slight difference in spelling or wording. And report every e-mail to the relevant company, they will deal with it from there. Beware. Brian.................... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.614 / Virus Database: 393 - Release Date: 05/03/2004 |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
ebay scam
On 3/6/2004 1:44 PM Boo spake thus:
There's an ebay scam going around. Notice the impecable English. eBay Notification Dear eBay User, Because of the repeated tryes of viruses and hackers attacks on our auctions website, the ebay technic staff have developed a special security program for the your eBay accounts. For starting this procedures please proceed with folowing the next steps: 1. Please complete the next form: signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?SignIn&ssPageName=h:h:sin:eBayproble ms [snip] This is obviously a scam. But a technical question, please: how does this work? The URI given is at a bona fide eBay domain (ebay.com); so how could the scammers possibly make this work? Have they hijacked the server and planted one of their scripts on it? Please explain. (I didn't try it, by the way. The page that appears looks just like the authentic eBay signin page.) -- The Bush administration should restrain itself from its imperial arrogance that has so alienated countries around the world. Their contempt for the United Nations in the dash to war with Iraq; their support of the coup in Venezuela in April 2002, and the continuing hostility toward President Chavez; the pressure on nations of the world to exempt the US from the International Criminal Court, now joined by their contemptuous attitude toward President Aristide must be halted. It is time for the people of the USA to make this point clear even if the administration continues to walk around with wax in its collective ears, with eyes closed, and ranting about its version of the world as defined by Bush. - Excerpt from TransAfrica statement on the situation in Haiti, 2/17/04 (http://www.transafricaforum.org/) |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
ebay scam
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1 "David Nebenzahl" snip This is obviously a scam. But a technical question, please: how does this work? The URI given is at a bona fide eBay domain (ebay.com); There are 3 general ways. One is when the link appears in the email and seems to show it is from ebay. But its properties is another site. You can tell by looking at the source of the email or holding your mouse over the link. A second way is to have something that looks like an official ebay site. Such as *ebay.com where * is anything that seems real. A third way is to have what is called an obfruscated (sp?) link. This is done by using hex addresses, %char in the link, using an email, or just making the link direct somewhere else. These tricks are used in paypal and even bank fraud scams. Currently called website spoofing or phishing (sp?) emails. snip : "The only person sure of himself is the man who wishes to : leave things as they are, and he dreams of an impossibility" : -- George M. Wrong. : : Angelo Castellano emails - statsone@sympatico dot gov : gov to be replaced with ca : www.reliable-quality.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use http://www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBQEul2JOWK89ESPDqEQIROACgjAohMdlzU+QsnwhlQk4lJZ r7T2gAoMuB M5BQDOsUNgSl51DhgWG3LtD/ =LhzU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
ebay scam
On 3/7/2004 2:44 PM Angelo Castellano posting spake thus:
"David Nebenzahl" snip This is obviously a scam. But a technical question, please: how does this work? The URI given is at a bona fide eBay domain (ebay.com); There are 3 general ways. One is when the link appears in the email and seems to show it is from ebay. But its properties is another site. You can tell by looking at the source of the email or holding your mouse over the link. No, because in this case the poster (here) had the link in the text of his message. (It's signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?SignIn&ssPageName=h:h:sin:eBayproble ms A second way is to have something that looks like an official ebay site. Such as *ebay.com where * is anything that seems real. Well, in this case, it was signin.ebay.com/ ... But no matter what they put before the domain name, this still goes to eBay's servers, doesn't it? I'm pretty sure it is, since when I sign in to the *real* eBay, it's through signin.ebay.com. A third way is to have what is called an obfruscated (sp?) link. This is done by using hex addresses, %char in the link, using an email, or just making the link direct somewhere else. Still don't see how any of that would work if the URI points to a valid domain (ebay.com) which the hackers have no control over. -- The Bush administration should restrain itself from its imperial arrogance that has so alienated countries around the world. Their contempt for the United Nations in the dash to war with Iraq; their support of the coup in Venezuela in April 2002, and the continuing hostility toward President Chavez; the pressure on nations of the world to exempt the US from the International Criminal Court, now joined by their contemptuous attitude toward President Aristide must be halted. It is time for the people of the USA to make this point clear even if the administration continues to walk around with wax in its collective ears, with eyes closed, and ranting about its version of the world as defined by Bush. - Excerpt from TransAfrica statement on the situation in Haiti, 2/17/04 (http://www.transafricaforum.org/) |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
ebay scam
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1 "David Nebenzahl" On 3/7/2004 2:44 PM Angelo Castellano posting spake thus: "David Nebenzahl" snip No, because in this case the poster (here) had the link in the text of his message. (It's signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?SignIn&ssPageName=h:h:sin:eBayproble ms I just checked one of my spam messages that I deleted. On forwarding, it showed what appears in the email, and not its property. ( I have text as default ) A second way is to have something that looks like an official ebay site. Such as *ebay.com where * is anything that seems real. Well, in this case, it was signin.ebay.com/ ... But no matter what they put before the domain name, this still goes to eBay's servers, doesn't it? I'm pretty sure it is, since when I sign in to the *real* eBay, it's through signin.ebay.com. Again, you would have to check the properties. Also, by *ebay, I means something like signinebay.com and not signin.ebay.com. How many people would catch the difference? A third way is to have what is called an obfruscated (sp?) link. This is done by using hex addresses, %char in the link, using an email, or just making the link direct somewhere else. Still don't see how any of that would work if the URI points to a valid domain (ebay.com) which the hackers have no control over. I just checked the spam I mentioned above. The propeties on one of the links was: htxtdfrktp :/ /dgduwewty/www. 8989u9u . com/ sv/applepie. php This is a very simply example. I have seem some links 3 lines long. ( I have placed some blanks in the line to keep it as text and not a link ) PS. I get very few as I don't place my email in news posting or on web sites. : "The only person sure of himself is the man who wishes to : leave things as they are, and he dreams of an impossibility" : -- George M. Wrong. : : Angelo Castellano emails - statsone@sympatico dot gov : gov to be replaced with ca : www.reliable-quality.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use http://www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBQEvC8pOWK89ESPDqEQKhrACgya1p+ivDYzawPDAKpk5vs9 9h7VsAmwUl 0q5vydeHX3CVDrTgMBBQNr3S =Aczt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|