Matt Harwood Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 I recieved an E-mail from Ebay today asking to update my account. Once entering my login details, (which I have now changed), it went to this page http://ebay-global.com/SecurityMeasures.php Love the way it clarifies that your PIN number is the one you use at ATM's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 At least you had the sense to not fill it in. Easy way to tell if it's a genuine eBay email: Did they address you by your username in the email? Ebay always do, scammers don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Once entering my login details At least you had the sense to not fill it in. Do I sense sarcasm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 It was obvious it was going to be a scam, so I had to enter my udername and password to get to the next stage... With hindsight, I should have entered any old crap, I'm sure it would still have re-directed The password was changed immediatly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Do I sense sarcasm Actually no, I wasn't being sarky. I missed that part. Well, I read it but it didn't sink in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
how_supra Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 oh dear - not had that one yet.................. I would report it at the very least........ http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/contact_us/_base/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted September 2, 2005 Author Share Posted September 2, 2005 oh dear - not had that one yet.................. I would report it at the very least........ http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/contact_us/_base/index.html Did that straight away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 Normally hovering over the link in the email shows that it actually links to someone's webspace or something! But that one is ebay-global which would fool a lot of people I'm sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
how_supra Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 Did that straight away cool. Not sure if they [can] do anything about it, but at least you have reported Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 Everyone fill in fake card details, lets waste a little of their time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 Don't bother - the page also throws up a virus alert. I tried to print it out for notice-board info here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 Don't bother - the page also throws up a virus alert. I tried to print it out for notice-board info here... some of the good av software just detect it as a 'generic phishing trojan'. It doesn't mean there's anything virus-like on the page, other than the naughtiness of the page itself. Same goes for the emails which direct you there.. http://www2.css-networks.com/phishing.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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