<VV> e-mail spoofs-no Corvair

[Ken Wildman]

At 06:38 AM 3/29/2005, Bill Elliott wrote:
>Forward the suspected requests to spoof at ebay.com and spoof at paypal.com
>
>That lets them know of the new spoofs out there. This is an automated 
>system with both groups. You'll get a quick acknowledgement of their 
>receipt and
>then later a confirmation email that what you sent was indeed a spoof.
>
>The spoofs are getting better. If you DO have Ebay and Paypal accounts, 
>NEVER click on anything in the message... the actual link goes to a spoof page
>that looks and feels like the real thing. Rather, go to your browser and 
>go to www.ebay.com or www.paypal.com and access your account like you
>normally would. You'll quickly be able to see if you have any real issues.
>
>Bill Elliott
>
>On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 01:07:42 -0500, Mike Ioanes wrote:
>
> >Could someone please post the addresses for PayPal and eBay?  Getting 
> requests to update my accounts and don't have any!  Spoofs!
> >Thanks,
> >Mike Ioanes

Bill's advice is good, but there is more you can or should do.

1.  Any e-mail request for personal information from companies like 
e-bay,  a bank,  etc.,  is an attempt to gain access to your accounts 
(spoof).  The easy check, with Internet Explorer, is to just place your 
cursor over the link and look at the bottom left of your screen,  You will 
see the actual URL of the link.  Try it with the ebay link in Bill's note 
above.   If the link shown at the bottom (which is the actual site you will 
be taken to if you click on the link) is NOT the same as the link in the 
message, you have established that you are being spoofed (if you didn't 
figure it out already).

2.  Get a pre-screening program such as MailWasher.  This allows you to 
essentially check your mail without downloading it to your computer.  You 
can easily "black-list" sender's or just delete certain posts from the mail 
server without putting your computer at risk.  This is really better than 
just setting up mail filters in your mail program because you can decide 
whether the e-mail should be downloaded or not.  Filters just screen out 
mail automatically and aren't as smart as you.   :)

Be careful out there.     :)
Ken