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Lee Drake
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| 07/13/2005 12:03 AM |
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| What it is
There is a new Phishing technique that exploits EBay user's sympathy to try to steal their passwords. The email sends a message claiming to be from an elderly woman saying that she was trying to buy a wheelchair and did the recipient put one up for sale. (No doubt there will be other variations to this message's content). There appears to be a way to reply to the user through pressing a button on the email, which appears to take you to the eBay login screen so you can reply. The login screen is a fake one of course, designed to collect your username and password and then give you an error message. Once your username and password are compromised they could be used to place a fake item up for sale and collect money or to bid up or "shill bid" on an item. The email appears VERY legitimate and mimic's eBay's website, and message format.
What should you do
If you suspect you've fallen prey to this attack - you should immediately contact Ebay to let them know your account has been compromised, you should change your password on your account as soon as possible (using Ebay's normal password change facility) if you suspect your account info has been revealed.
In general to avoid Phishing attacks:
Treat all communications from any money-related company including banks, eBay, PayPal, Amazon, etc. as suspect.
Always just open a browser window and log into the website from there - never click a link in a email - no matter how legitimate looking it is - to log in.
Never enter personal information or passwords from such a link.
To determine if a link is legitimate you can hover (without clicking) over the link image or link name (in both IE and Firefox) and the link's actual address will show in a yellow box. Note that what is WRITTEN in a link can be very different from where it takes you. Although a link may READ as going to one place, when you hover over it - it actually takes you somewhere else. EVEN IF A LINK APPEARS TO PASS THIS TEST do not enter any personal information from a link within an email.
Further references
Ebay Security center on fake emails:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/contact_us/_base/results.html?tier0=account_security.html&tier1=0&tier2=0&datafile=account_security.html&item_id=&routing_code=IV%25C00243&contactTitle=Report+fake+eBay+emails+%28spoofs%29+and+unauthorized+account+activity&continueButton=Continue+%3E
This concludes this Viruswarning notice.
Lee Drake
Aztek Computer Solutions, Inc.
274 Goodman Street North Suite B269
Rochester, NY 14607
www.azcomputer.net
ldrake@azcomputer.net Phone: 585-242-2060
Fax: 585-242-9441
Cell: 585-509-0284
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