Saturday, June 20, 2009

Phishing email and scams

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There are quite a few ways people try to scam eBay sellers. These include phishing or spoofing.Phishing is when a scammer sends a spoof email in order to steal an eBay or PayPal account so it can be used to scam others. The spoof email looks like an official eBay email, but leads to fake login pages on other sites. Three examples of phishing emails are:"Account Suspension" emails, "Your item has been shipped" emails, andfake questions about items for sale.Protecting Yourself From Phishing EmailsBy learning to spot and avoid spoof emails, you can protect yourself from phishers out to steal your accounts. Here are four ways to protect yourself:
Check URL to ensure it's from a real site. (In the address bar at the top of your browser check that you are actually at ebay.co.uk or ebay.com etc)
If your not sure forward emails to spoof@ebay.co.uk or spoof@paypal.com, for confirmation of whether the email is a spoof or not.
Always log in to eBay and PayPal from a bookmark or by typing the URL into your browser's address bar.
Install eBay toolbar to your browser, this will help identify if you are redirected to a non-ebay/paypal account. go to http://pages.ebay.co.uk/ebay_toolbar/ and download for free.