[meteorite-list] Phishing was "Need Help, Ebay suspended my account for auction wasnt mine"

From: Paul <lenticulina1_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:07 2004
Message-ID: <20030722215502.61124.qmail_at_web21407.mail.yahoo.com>

edward moore wrote:
+ Hi I just recieved a letter from ebay suspending
+ my account. For a acution that I never listed
+ ( item # 2184414322 ). I know others had problems.
+ What address can I send this email back to to see
+ if it is a scam. Believe it was for a Brenham
+ meteorite, according to the letter. I cant view
+ the auction, and sorry if anyone on this list
+ bid. Thanks for the help.
 

It sound likes you have been "phished" by people
trying to get personal data from you. It is also
called either "spoofing" or "carding". Go to
the Google News Search page at;

http://news.google.com/

And conduct a search using the word "phishing".

Some of what You will find is:

ID thieves `phish' for victims with fake e-mails,
Web sites By Mary Anne Ostrom, Mercury News,
Tue, Jul. 22, 2003
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/6356396.htm

Internet users told to safeguard data pertaining
to IDs From Herald Wire Services, Jul. 22, 2003,
The Miami Herald
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/6353926.htm

Internet scams linked to identity theft
By DAVID HO, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER, July 21, 2003
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Internet%20Scam


Internet Scammers Go Phishing
by Tim Lemke, The Washington Times

http://washingtontimes.com/business/20030721-103626-2915r.htm


Yours,

Paul
Baton Rouge, LA

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Received on Tue 22 Jul 2003 05:55:02 PM PDT


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