[Kenwood] Re: Kenwood] Fake Ebay message

Sat, 28 Jun 2003 09:57:40 -0500

Also remember that actual PayPal site starts with shttp:// and NOT http://

73, Bob AF2HD

At 07:33 AM 6/28/2003 -0500, KD5NWA wrote:

>Both EBay an PayPal will tell you that they don't send you email soliciting credit information, when you login to your account on their sites then it informs you of any problems, so the moral is don't give out your credit information to anyone that ask for it, without you going to their site on your own, and even then check the URL to make sure the site has not been hijacked.
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>At 12:40 AM 6/28/2003, John Geiger wrote:
>>Earlier tonight I received an email message that
>>appeared to be from Ebay, saying they needed to check
>>on account security, etc., etc.  There was a link that
>>you clicked on to complete the process, saying if you
>>didn't do this, you wouldn't be able to place anymore
>>bids.
>>
>>The website you were directed to wanted name,
>>password, credit card number, and things like that.
>>Anyway, the web address for this form was in Italy.  I
>>sincerely doubt that Paypal is now doing business from
>>Italy!
>>
>>Be on the lookout for this, and do not fill out any
>>information.  There was a paypal scam similar to this
>>a few months ago.  The message looks like the real
>>thing, until you see the web address, and realize that
>>Ebay wouldn't send out unsolicited messages like this,
>>asking for this type of information.
>>
>>73s John NE0P
>>
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