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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / August 2005Best ebay phish so far
Got this from a real ebay members ID that must have been hijacked: "Message from eBay Member Marketplace Safety Tips Never respond to an unsolicited email that includes incentives to buy or sell an item off the eBay Marketplace. If you get such an email, please report it to eBay at http://www.ebay.com.my/helpTSForm. Never pay for your eBay item through instant cash transfer services such as Western Union or MoneyGram - such services offer Internet shoppers no protection against fraud. I sent you the money , where's the package ? You promised that after i send the money you send the goods asap . is this a fraud? Please let me know! Should I contact the autorities ? Rolland Please respond to the question on eBay by clicking the button below." I checked the auctions the had user won, none were mine. Sure enough, when I clicked on the "Respond on ebay button", my phish guard program flagged it.  SignatureJP/Maryland Studebaker On the Net http://stude.com My Ebay items:http://www.stude.com/EBAY/ 64 R2 4 speed Challenger (Plain Wrapper) 64 Challenger (Plain Wrapper ?) 63 R2 4 speed GT Hawk 63 GT Hawk (on ebay) 61 Hawk 60? Hawk 54 Starlight(sold) 53 Starlight "Ebay.com.my", what a joke,already this weekend I think I got about 20 different schemes from Ebay,paypal,along with a few Bank of the West confirming emails. Do me a favor already and close my accounts,I'll save money and no more BS scams<LOL> > Got this from a real ebay members ID that must have been hijacked: > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > when I clicked on the "Respond on ebay button", my phish guard program > flagged it. I've gotten a couple of similar communications but since they were complaining of not getting an item and the fact that I haven't sold anything in the last few months stood out like a sore thumb. Getting a number of PayPal phishing emails lately as well... If the perps get caught, they should be drawn and quartered! JT > Got this from a real ebay members ID that must have been hijacked: > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > 54 Starlight(sold) > 53 Starlight The best I heard lately was on the local news that was doing a segment on internet fraud. They interviewed a few people who were scammed,the last guy was a forty something computer professional who was in charge of online security for a financial institution.think he stills has a job??<LOL> Grum py AuContraire" <Grumpster@GrumpyvilleNOT.com> wrote in message news:43092F1C.7E7412D9@GrumpyvilleNOT.com... > I've gotten a couple of similar communications but since they were > complaining of not getting an item and the fact that I haven't sold [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] >> 54 Starlight(sold) >> 53 Starlight I have found that if it DOES NOT have my REAL name as in, "Dear (my name)" it is phishing and I just send it to spoof @ whatever...I get probably 5 a day. Just takes a second to send it to "spoof." John But real bidders, buyers and sellers don't know my real name either, and this phish came from a hijacked ebay member and looked like a real ebay contact. > I have found that if it DOES NOT have my REAL name as in, "Dear (my name)" > it is phishing and I just send it to spoof @ whatever...I get probably 5 a > day. Just takes a second to send it to "spoof." > > John SignatureJP/Maryland Studebaker On the Net http://stude.com My Ebay items:http://www.stude.com/EBAY/ 64 R2 4 speed Challenger (Plain Wrapper) 64 Challenger (Plain Wrapper ?) 63 R2 4 speed GT Hawk 63 GT Hawk (on ebay) 61 Hawk 60? Hawk 54 Starlight(sold) 53 Starlight Ah! A thought. Write back with many apologies and offer a refund. Using a bogus PO Box address, send him an envelope full of Monopoly money. Hee, hee, hee. Bo > But real bidders, buyers and sellers don't know my real name either, > and this phish came from a hijacked ebay member and looked like a real [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> >> John Probably got a bonus... JT > The best I heard lately was on the local news that was doing a segment on > internet fraud. [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > >> 54 Starlight(sold) > >> 53 Starlight It doesn't matter if they get caught or not, it's extremely profitable for them. One of my sons friends called me the other day with an "Ebay" problem. He was bidding on a supercharger for a Mustang, but got beat out in the last few minutes by another bidder. He received a "second chance offer" on the supercharger, but didn't accept it (didn't know he was supposed to) and emailed the guy. He gets an email back from the "seller" telling him he'd sell it to him for $1800, but that he'd need to wire the money Western Union. He does that and doesn't call me for a month when he never got the supercharger. A friend of mine did some tracing on the email and says it came out of Romania. The money was wired to Chicago but long gone now. You've gotta figure if they send out 100 emails, they'll probably get 2-3 people that fall for it every time. So they're raking in the dough. Mark > I've gotten a couple of similar communications but since they were > complaining of not getting an item and the fact that I haven't sold [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] >> 54 Starlight(sold) >> 53 Starlight |
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