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- Happened to me yesterday!
- I thought I was getting pretty savvy about these things but got caught yesterday big time. I received an email that appeared to be a question from another eBayer. Since I have auctions running, I clicked on it to determine what auction it was and how to answer. When it asked me for my name and password, I figured it was a phisher and closed it--didn't matter! They downloaded something on my computer! WOW shut down my outgoing email and it took several runs with all the programs I could think of: AdAware, Spybot, Microsoft AntiSpyware, AVG and MicroTrend before I finally got it contained. And I still had to call WOW to get my email restored. My point? They're getting smarter--this one had none of the obvious mistakes that usually makes these things pretty obvious. And I didn't have to fill anything in--they got me just by following the link! And eBay does send you emails with this type of link in them--this was a total duplicate. My advice now is the one we already know--open another window and log in independently. I don't think any of the banks, stores, or eBay should EVER have links in their emails. If they didn't, then we would know it was a phisher! Convenience be damned--it took me hours to get my computer back--I solemnly SWEAR I will NEVER use a link from eBay again!
- Posted by: marymo Posted on: 04/03/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
Typical Response from Ebay
DarbyOhara | 04/03/06
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Darby
BXLE | 04/03/06
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Depends
Sackaguano | 04/03/06
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ebay feedback
no-one | 04/04/06
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Happend to me month and half ago
jjedm2006 | 04/03/06
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Watch
hawkeyeaz1 | 04/03/06
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EBAY REPORTS
dr_who@... | 04/03/06
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nut case
no-one | 04/04/06
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Happened to me yesterday!
marymo | 04/03/06
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Did you have malware protection installed?
nukespam@... | 04/04/06
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Sad and mad
Ed Burnette  | 04/04/06
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Not good enough.
jsargent | 04/07/06
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Phishers Set Hidden Traps on eBay
LeelandWebster@... | 04/07/06
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I'm convinced
Middle of the Road | 04/04/06
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Kinda hard to believe.
coinsrgood | 04/04/06
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Ebay is the fastest way to move stolen goods!
jsargent | 04/07/06
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I've never been ripped of though...
jsargent | 04/07/06
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What can they do?
Roger Ramjet | 04/05/06
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What could they do indeed?
gregry | 04/07/06
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Blocking Malware
ralphellis1@... | 04/07/06
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bogus email
samiam2519 | 04/07/06
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What do you think?
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