I've seen similar things now "from" other organizations, such as banks.
(ones I don't even have accounts for, but the messages are just mass
E-mailed, hoping they'll hit some targets).
It's really too bad this has happened to E-mail. Almost every message
now has to be treated as "guilty until proven innocent". Sometimes I
think it's time to throw in the towel on E-mail as a form of
communication. Oh well.
- Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Zane H. Healy
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 3:05 PM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: EBAY fraud alert
> > I recently got an email from the "Ebay security audit team" or
> > something to
>> that affect. Says they periodically verify contact information, and
>> couldn't verify mine, asking me to follow a link to update my account
>> or it would be disabled in 5 days.
>
>I reported the same thing to eBay about 2 months ago. Whats worse,
>about a week ago I got the same thing from PayPal !
>
>So, take care, and NEVER give your accountnumber away, or follow those
>links
The scum have been doing this for months. The eBay ones are the most
common, I've lost track of how many I've gotten. The PayPal ones so far
are far less common, I've only gotten one or two of them.
Zane
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Received on Fri Aug 29 2003 - 14:41:00 BST