Monday, November 9, 2009

I have an eBay message?

I came across yet another email scam trying to get your information for eBay. I forgot to show the sender details, however, this was sent from "message@message.com" to my work spam mailing list.
Sure this may look like a real eBay.com email, but again... the sender isn't sending from an eBay certified email. And though a skilled artist, I suck at computer art... but I'm confident I can replicate these same details just using the basic paint program that Windows provides.

*** REMEMBER!!!! eBay, PayPal, banks, credit card companies, etc etc... If you have an account with them, THEY KNOW WHO THEIR CLIENTS ARE!

"Dear eBay Member" shouldn't even really be thought about. People need to be more aware of what they are getting themselves into when it comes to their person information and the internet. This is why some sites require that you pick a picture from their selection. So that way, if you don't see the image you selected, you know its not the real deal.
Anyway, breaking down this first image... The logo brought me to the real eBay page. However, when I tried to click on the "Learn More" link, it wasn't a functioning link. It just looked it by color while mousing over didn't change a the mouse icon or a sub-caption of the link or its description.
Other than the eBay sign, the "Respond Now" icon and the links for the "item" are click able. Problem is, they bring you to a fake log in. This example wasn't the greatest idea because the link was already banned. In fact, here are the two pages I was bought to after clicking on it multiple times.

This is the first time I clicked on the "Respond Now" button. I've seen this a lot lately for sites I have to check from affiliates. Notice that the site isn't even an eBay related URL. Its for www.evolv.pl instead. By the way, the .pl at the end of a URL signifies that it is a Polish website. Just like .hk is Hong Kong, .jp is Japan, .uk is United Kingdom, .au is Australia, etcetera.
Click the link at the bottom of the post if you wish to see more URL codes.


After clicking the "Respond Now" button for a second time, this is what I was brought to. The second two links showed the same thing. And its all in Polish.

These are truly simple to avoid... you just have to learn to pay attention to what you are doing.
If you are interested in viewing more URL codes like the ones described below the second image, please visit http://www.bitmedia.com/cc/url1.htm.

Thanks for reading and stay safe!

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