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Atrocities May 3rd, 2005 10:59 PM
OT: Even More Proof
 
I love posting these things. I just once, just once, would love to see one of these phaleasing (sp) SOB's strung up and hung from the tallest tree with a sign around their stretched neck that reads "If We Catch You, This Will Be You!"

Quote:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Account Update <awconfirm@ebay.com.us.talkactive.net>
Date: May 2, 2005 8:11 PM
Subject: eBay Account Update
To: atrocities AT gmail DOT Com

Dear eBay User,

During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification
procedures, we have detected a slight error in your billing
information.

This might be due to either of the following reasons:

1. A recent change in your personal information ( i.e. change of address).
2. Submitting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
3. An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment
due to an internal error within our processors.

Please update and verify your information by clicking the link below:

//arribada.ebay.com/saw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?PlaceCCInfo]http://arribada.ebay.com/saw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?PlaceCCInfo
Look at this link - not even a web site, more than likely a program... note the ISAPI.dll thing.

If your account information is not updated within 72 hours then your
ability to sell or bid on eBay will become restricted.

Thank you

The eBay Billing Department .
NOTE for the unaware: THIS IS A SCAM EMAIL. Note the redirect and authors email...... they do not lead to Ebay, they lead elsewhere. And that fact that this was sent to my gmail account which has NOTHING to do with my ebay account. LOL.

David E. Gervais May 4th, 2005 07:49 AM
Re: OT: Even More Proof
 
I laugh and cry at the same time,.. It's way to obvious but there are probably alot of people that will get caught by this.

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

NullAshton May 4th, 2005 09:15 AM
Re: OT: Even More Proof
 
I get about one of those a day. It's kinda funny to read those, especially when you have no clue what bank or whatever it says you have an account in. One day, I actually forwarded one of these e-mails to the bank that the sender was portraying, I wonder what ever happened to him...

El_Phil May 4th, 2005 09:20 AM
Re: OT: Even More Proof
 
One of the best I recently got had a load of links about 'security' in it. Just because I wondered how good a scam it was I gave them a click, they linked to the actual bank which first of said "We will never ask you for account numbers, etc in an email"

Made me laugh http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Atrocities May 4th, 2005 06:20 PM
Re: OT: Even More Proof
 
I have gone to the spoof site and entered in false infomation.

I.C. Wiener Account 123456 PW Moron. Things like that. Tis a lot of fun.

General Woundwort May 4th, 2005 06:52 PM
Re: OT: Even More Proof
 
Quote:
Atrocities said:
I have gone to the spoof site and entered in false infomation.

I.C. Wiener Account 123456 PW Moron. Things like that. Tis a lot of fun.
Can't they trace back your trail even if you enter false info?

Phoenix-D May 4th, 2005 06:59 PM
Re: OT: Even More Proof
 
Quote:
General Woundwort said:
Quote:
Atrocities said:
I have gone to the spoof site and entered in false infomation.

I.C. Wiener Account 123456 PW Moron. Things like that. Tis a lot of fun.
Can't they trace back your trail even if you enter false info?
They can get your IP, yes. Other than that..not so much.

NullAshton May 4th, 2005 06:59 PM
Re: OT: Even More Proof
 
They can get your IP, but not any account information.

jeffel May 4th, 2005 09:13 PM
Re: OT: Even More Proof
 
This is classic.

I recently got a very similar one which I thought was pretty slick.

It looked like it came from my ISP.

The text read something like

Our Virus filters have detected a large number of viruses coming from your account.

Please download the <link> virus checker availiable for free from Earthlink.

I still wonder how many unsuspecting fools they caught with that one.

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The other one I really liked was the one that purported to be from the FBI. It said I was being investigated and that I should open the attached file for information on why.

In the attachment window of my mail reader it looked like the name was "Indictment.txt".

Curious as to what was being attempted, I looked deeper. The name was "Indictment.txt" followed by about 100 instances of a blank character (not space) and then a .exe

I do have to wonder how many people are still being fooled by these.

Atrocities May 4th, 2005 09:16 PM
Re: OT: Even More Proof
 
My mother fell for it. I spent several hours fixing it aftwards. Not good.

Kamog May 4th, 2005 10:25 PM
Re: OT: Even More Proof
 
I recently got this one.

The link for "Click here for confirmation of the your account" goes to a suspicious url: "http://218.12.184.39/icons/.signin.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPIdllSignIn.php".

Quote:
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 02:41:24 +0800
Subject: eBay: Notification!
From: "Administrator" <user@isp.com>

Dear eBay Customer!

You have received this email because you or someone had used your account to make fake bids at eBay. For security purposes, we are required to open an investigation into this matter.To help speed up this process, please access the following form to complete the verification of your eBay account registration informations:
Click here for confirmation of the your account

Please Note:
If we do not receive the appropriate eBay account verification within 48 hours, then we will assume this eBay account is fraudulent and will be suspended.
The purpose of this verification is to ensure that your eBay account has not been fraudulently used and to combat the fraud from our community.
We appreciate your support and understanding, as we work together to keep eBay a safe place to trade.
Thank you for your patience in this matter.
Regards, Safeharbor Department (Trust and Safety Department)
eBay Inc.
Please do not reply to this e-mail as this is only a notification.


Copyright © 2005 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved.

bearclaw May 4th, 2005 10:44 PM
Re: OT: Even More Proof
 
Quote:
jeffel said:
I do have to wonder how many people are still being fooled by these.
LOTS. My job is IT support for an entire real estate board (approx 600 realtors). I don't think a day goes by where someone has messed up their computer with some sort of scam that they fell for. Luckly, I only have to do direct support for about 100 realtors. The rest are too far for me to travel to.

Jack Simth May 4th, 2005 11:43 PM
Re: OT: Even More Proof
 
Quote:
Kamog said:
I recently got this one.

The link for "Click here for confirmation of the your account" goes to a suspicious url: "http://218.12.184.39/icons/.signin.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPIdllSignIn.php".

Here's a fun site for looking up such links: Kloth.Net; a WhoIs on 218.12.184.39 told me that the IP is owned by Asia Pacific Network Information Centre. Running it on arribada.ebay.com said "not found"

Interesting, no?

rdouglass May 5th, 2005 11:14 AM
Re: OT: Even More Proof
 
Quote:
NullAshton said:
They can get your IP, but not any account information.
Unfortunately sometimes just going to their website can install trojans and malware/spyware - then they can ge t anything on your PC. Kinda' like playing chicken on the highway.

You're playing with fire on that one IMO.

El_Phil May 6th, 2005 12:30 PM
Re: OT: Even More Proof
 
OK this one is particularly strange

Hello,
We're E-Sellers Global Financial Group, Inc
We have two offices in USA and England.
Due the expansion of our organization, our agency need employees from England for accomplishing of bank transactions.You must
have an account in English bank.
Payment will be made immediately, for every transaction (receiving and sending of money) you will get 300-1400 GBP.The monthly
salary approximately: 6000-9000 GBP.
If you are interested in our offer,then you may to contact to our manager for other detailes by e-mail: sellinfo@km.ru or by ICQ#
277705314
Kind regards!

I just know people will fall for it and send of their bank details, only to discover them shockingly empty. The question has to be how did such people ever get a bank account in the first place? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif


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