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It not only warns you about potential phishing attempts, but tracks reported sites and lets everyone know … if you use IE, that is.

{I almost fell for it myself! Thank goodness Internet Explorer caught it. I got one in the morning and one this afternoon, from different “people” but same message.} eBay sent this message to an eBay Member.[B]Question from eBay Member — Respond Now [/B] eBay sent this message on behalf of an eBay member through My [...]

I’ve been getting a number of these lately.

I got an influx of these, all different, and all in the same morning. I wonder if anyone is stupid enough to answer ALL of them. “Gee, honey, there must be something wrong with my account. They sent me a bunch emails, and I don’t know why they all keep asking me for all my [...]

Informations??

Plenty of these, but never from a bank I actually had an account with …

Subject: Message from eBay member This was to make you think there is a question about something you are selling, or at least to make you question unauthorized use of your account.

These are one of the most common … I get them all the time.

These come in spurts …

I don’t get many of these, maybe because I don’t have an AOL email address …

This spoof, hosted on the server for Concordia University in Irvine, Southern California, sent you to an eBay look-alike page, but did not accept fake usernames … maybe it checks the validity of the username on the real eBay?

HEre are more examples of phishing, where fake emails pretend to be banks or PayPal to get all your login, credit card, and bank information …

The email stuck out like a sore thumb, but somehow I gravitated toward seeing if the scam site was still up. Dear PayPal Member, PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of buyers and sellers. To protect the security of your account, PayPal employs some of the most advanced security systems [...]

This was sent to me by my primary attorney in an email, passed along through cyberspace, but helpful information regardless of source: —————————– ATTORNEY'S ADVICE — NO CHARGE Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to refer to it someday. Maybe we should all take some of his advice! [...]

All about Phishing (also known as Carding and Spoofing) … Phishing For Suckers: Don’t let your customers fall for the latest in e-mail scamsVarBusiness, January 2004

ONLY IN SCAMS does an email ask you to confirm account information for a bank or other account. Pretending to link to eBay or Citibank or wherever and having fake look-alike pages (that are sometimes pretty damn convincing) should always raise a flag. If a legitamate company wants you to review your information, they will [...]