A warning to eBay users

[Foolwitools]

Hi Guys.

I just received an e-mail supposedly from eBay......

It says that they suspect my account had been "hacked" and could I log on to the link provided and verify my used name and password. oh yea.......and then the message asks me not to make any changes to my user name or password for 72 hours.

The e-mail is full of typo's and gramerical errors..........pretty sure it's a scam.

Lets be careful out there!!

Bob the Fool :blink:

 

[[email protected]]

BOB,

This one is scarier...........man, they'd spend all your money in a heartbeat and have the bank laughing at you for being so stupid......

I received this scam the other day:[/color]

Dear US Bank Member,

 

We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your US Bank account from a

foreign IP address and we have reasons to belive that your account was hijacked

by a third party without your authorization.

If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual login attempts

may have been initiated by you.

However,if you are the rightfull holder of the account, click on the link below,

fill the form and then submit as we try to verify your identity.

 

 

The log in attempt was made from:

IP address: 205.188.209.166

ISP host: cache-dq04.proxy.aol.com

 

If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporary suspend

your account.

We ask that you allow at least 72 hours for the case to be investigated and we

strongly recommend not to make any changes to your account in that time.

If you received this notice and you are not the authorized account

holder, please be aware that it is in violation of US Bank policy to represent

oneself as another US Bank user. Such action may also be in violation of

local, national, and/or international law. US Bank is committed to assist

law enforcement with any inquires related to attempts to misappropriate

personal information with the intent to commit fraud or theft.

Information will be provided at the request of law enforcement agencies to

ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

*Please do not respond to this e-mail as your reply will not be received.

Thanks for your patience as we work together to protect your account.

 

Regards,

US Bank Security Department.

 

[snowdog-2112]

Hey guys,

I got one similar the other day from someone regarding a bank account. It looks like the "phishers" are trolling very hard.

Being a part of the computer industry, my advice to ALL out there is that it IS NOT policy of U.S. institutions to send an email like this to their users. DO NOT reply to these or even visit the links just out of couriosity. I can not stress this enough because even visiting the link COULD allow the server to force a program into your computer that could eventually steal account numbers and passwords from ANY financial institution you visit. Then you are SOOL! :angry:

And we only have Micro$*#! and their ActiveX and client-side scripting to thank for this problem.

Oh, I forgot to mention that I knew mine was a scam because I not only had never done business with the institution the message referred to but I had never heard of it!

I hope this saves one person from getting shafted!

Snowdog

 

[Foolwitools]

Rod,

The e-mail I got that supposedly came from eBay was worded EXACTLY the same as yours from that "bank".

I've got them before saying it was from AOL and I needed to verify my billing (credit card) info. I went to the link on the page just to see.......... looked just like the real aol page, but didn't have a "secured link" icon you see when you use a credit card.

I traced the links root address to a page some guy posted his pets pictures on.

"........some people aint got the sence God gave wood." as a friend used to say.

Bob the Fool :blink:

 

[dave roach]

This is a scam because ebay doe"s not come on line and ask for info for your account . I had a freind that was scam the same way and how he found out the bank called him and said that the last two weeks you have had a lot of withdraws from your account like 500.00 dollars a day. the person hoo scam him for around 10 thounds. the bank made it good on his behalf and got the person in the scam .

 

[Jerry T]

Forward all your quesitionable Ebay mail to "[email protected]" that is their fraud department.

 

[[email protected]]

YUP,

I GET THESE JUNK SCAM E-MAILS FROM THE SO CALLED: BANK, PAYPAL AND ebay.............DOOFFF....the capital button was locked... :lol: :lol: I'm to lazy to correct it. Reads like Irwin is shouting at you .huh! :lol: :lol:

Any how Snowdog is damn right, never even out of curiousity...PEEK under the tent. They'll get you.

My friend said he always peeks hoping the scammers would feel sorry for him when they see his sorry looking and mostly negative back account..............that's what happens when your wife leaves and takes more than half in California! h34r:

 

[snowdog-2112]

Any how Snowdog is damn right, never even out of curiousity...PEEK under the tent.  They'll get you.

Hey Rod,

I did a little more research and the culprits are called Java and Active X scripting. There is a way to avoid getting your computer highjacked but almost every website you visited would not work. So, security versus functionality? <_<

That has become the new internet question of the day!

Snowdog

 

[CySlyde]

that's what happens when your wife leaves and takes more than half in California! h34r:

happens the same way in michigan.. believe-u-me :lol:

I keep getting em saying they are from earthlink.net and they have been unable to collect money from my credit card for the past month or five... funny thing is i don't pay by credit card, I pay by automatic bill pay through my bank. and #2 the acct they send it to isn't the main acct.. so why would my ISP send it to a secondary account, but not all my seccondaries. LOL give me a break