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Think you are being Phished? - An excellent resource

I am sure that like me, you receive a number of fraudulent request from what appears top be eBay, Pay PaL or even your bank to provide sensitive information.

Here is an excellent link to how to determine if you are being scammed.

Gmail Phish?

I got this today - Is this a Phish on Gmail?

The Canadian Election - Political Spam has arrived

Chris Corrigan pointed out what looks like sheer political spam on my site - What do you think?

Here is the link to my post then scroll down to Jeff's comment - does it make any sense at all except as spam?

Well I suppose if weblogs are a novelty in elections - spam will come in right behind. Pathetic!

eBay are on the ball

I got an email back for eBay within minutes of sending them my phishing email

Great service plus here is their tutorial
http://pages.ebay.com/education/spooftutorial/

Phishing on eBay?

I received this email today

The link took me to sign up which seems legit but then right to where I had to provide my credit card info. The links seem ok as well.

Anyone know more about this?

Dear eBay member

We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your eBay account from a
foreign IP address and we have reasons to belive that your account was hijacked
by a third party without your authorization.

If you recently accessed your account while traveling,the unusual log in attempts
may have been initiated by you.
However,if you are the rightfull holder of the account, click on the link below,
fill the form and then submit as we try to verify your identity.

http://cgi3.ebay.com//aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?VerifyIdentity&ssPageName=

The log in attempt was made from:
IP address: 205.188.209.166
ISP host: cache-dq04.proxy.aol.com

If you choose to ignore our request,you leave us no choise but to temporaly suspend
your account.

We ask that you allow at least 72 hours for the case to be investigated and we
strongly recommend not to make any changes to your account in that time.

If you received this notice and you are not the authorized account
holder, please be aware that it is in violation of eBay policy to represent
oneself as another eBay user. Such action may also be in violation of
local, national, and/or international law. eBay is committed to assist
law enforcement with any inquires related to attempts to misappropriate
personal information with the intent to commit fraud or theft.
Information will be provided at the request of law enforcement agencies to
ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

*Please do not respond to this e-mail as your reply will not be received.

Thanks for your patience as we work together to protect your account.

Regards,

Safeharbor Department
eBay Inc.

PayPal Fraud? - Dangerous Spam?

I was sent this yesterday. It purports to be from PayPal and says that they are upgrading their server and need all my details again. This includes all my credit card details, password etc.

I am assuming that this is a fake and a trap - anyone know better?

Revenge of the Scammed - The Nigerians get Hooked

Ever wanted to scam the Nigerians who are out to scam you? Well it happens. There are Nigerian Neo's out there who have turned the tables. Read more from the Guardian