Phishing....?

[MacWQ33]

Does anyone else get a shitload of phishing e-mails. It's basically an e-mail made to look like one from a company like eBay or something...then it's like you need to immediately enter your credit card number to retain your account or something silly like that (obviously eBay never asks for this info in e-mails...even they say that...but I guess some people wouldn't be paying attention and do it?).

LOL...some of the eBay ones I've got are just plain old 'are you serious'..and look nothing like eBay's e-mails. I also get them a lot from 'Paypal'. Those ones actually look pretty good..which is kinda scary...but then you look at the link they give you...and it's some crazy random URL...

Anyone else get these...I usually get real eBay and Paypal e-mails..but I've been getting a shitload of phishers. Obviously everyone should know that they never ask for account info or credit card numbers through e-mail...but damn...do some of these things look real.

[hello3pat]

I don't get any, but I extremely rarely get any spam in my mail box with Gmail. Almost all sites that require a password for any reason make it a point to inform their users that they will never be asked for their passwords in any form, and to only enter you password at the website it is intended for.

[Samwhore]

nope, comcast has spam control

[MacWQ33]

Yeah...I just use Yahoo...there is a 'spam' folder. But these phishing things come up in my regular mail.

[Fengzi]

Yeah, I get a shitload of these and even fell for one once a long time ago, before this was so common and well known. The one that got me was supposed to be from Paypal. It looked totally legit and said something like "there's been an unauthorized attempt to access your account, please log onto your account to change the password" They gave me a link which actually was to Paypal.

The thing was that when you clicked on the link, it would somehow send all your information to whoever sent the e-mail, not just to Paypal. Next think I know there was like a thousand$ spent. I got it all back but it sure as shit taught me lesson.

The bottom line is never access any website, that you have an account on, through a link in an e-mail. No matter how legit it looks. Instead, close the e-mail and go to the website manually.

[MacWQ33]

Yeah, I get a shitload of these and even fell for one once a long time ago, before this was so common and well known. The one that got me was supposed to be from Paypal. It looked totally legit and said something like "there's been an unauthorized attempt to access your account, please log onto your account to change the password" They gave me a link which actually was to Paypal.

The thing was that when you clicked on the link, it would somehow send all your information to whoever sent the e-mail, not just to Paypal. Next think I know there was like a thousand$ spent. I got it all back but it sure as shit taught me lesson.

The bottom line is never access any website, that you have an account on, through a link in an e-mail. No matter how legit it looks. Instead, close the e-mail and go to the website manually.

Holy shit...I got the same exact one on more than one occasion. That was one of the more legit looking ones..no doubt. That's terrible to hear...I wonder to myself..who are these people that are doing this? Also...I have before gotten a charge in Paypal..but it was resolved...although I didn't click the link...so maybe even just opening the e-mail? Or maybe my situation was different...not sure.

That's what I was wondering too...if you only click the link...would it send your info. Obviously it does...so if you're not paying attention...you could be in an unfortunate situation like our friend Fengzi here. I'm going to be even more careful now...geez...the nerve of these fuckers.

[Skink]

I have my own email server now and I use spamassassin but,,, when my ebay email account was with comcast I got a boat load of phishes...

I recently put a add on Craigs list and the phishes just poured in like,,,three a day till the ad went to the next page...