Half-an-hour ago I received an official looking email from eBay.

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Date:      26 August 2005 16:18
To:         a.asghar1@ntlworld.com; [my email address]
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Unauthorized Account Access:
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26-Aug-05 19:32:34 EST
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Clicking the Button produced a form to fill in with blanks asking for my
account details.  There was no security warning dialogue box as one usually
comes up just before these details are requested.  I aborted the
investigation.

Please be warned.


-- 
Lin Chung
[Replace "the Water Margin" with "ntlworld" for e-mail].

> Half-an-hour ago I received an official looking email from eBay.


May I ask if you`re dumb enough to read html email, and not force a 
plain text coversion so you see the true link hidden behind html ?

> May I ask if you`re dumb enough to read html email, and not force a
> plain text coversion so you see the true link hidden behind html ?


If you hover over a link on OE it shows the true link at the bottom left...

Paulo De Souza wrote:

> Collin Wilson wrote:
> > May I ask if you`re dumb enough to read html email, and not force a
> > plain text coversion so you see the true link hidden behind html ?
> If you hover over a link on OE it shows the true link at the bottom
> left...




Or, Ctrl + F3

Wilson has missed the point.  The last word in my message was
"investigation".

-- 
Lin Chung
[Replace "the Water Margin" with "ntlworld" for e-mail].

> Wilson has missed the point.  The last word in my message was
> "investigation".


Apologies if I misinterpreted your post - but why the hell did you visit 
a non-ebay website to enter security details ?

I found an easy way around 90%+ of all my spam - I bought a domain name, 
and if I get anything to ebay at any of my other email addresses its 
shitcanned by default.

If its of use to anyone, I have free filters for Mailwasher for download 
at my site http://www.coreutilities.co.uk

> I found an easy way around 90%+ of all my spam <snip>


Oh, I now get around 250-300 spam mails per day, down from ~580, of 
which the vast majority are marked for deletion without me wasting time 
seeing what they are.

Colin Wilson wrote:

> > I found an easy way around 90%+ of all my spam <snip>
> Oh, I now get around 250-300 spam mails per day, down from
> ~580, of  which the vast majority are marked for deletion without
> me wasting time seeing what they are.



Actually, I don't have an eBay account, and have never used eBay.  The 'spam
filter' I use is POPFile.  The message got through to my 'not_spam' bucket.
This was one of the very rare occasion when a 'spam' was not picked up,
presumably the spammer had suceeded avoiding using all the marked key words.
There would not be a second mistake though, for the post will be marked and
'smarting up' of the POPFile will be effected.

Eversince the buying out of the 'spam king' in ?Califonia some two months
ago by, of all people, Microsoft, I have noticed the number of spam in my
in-box has dramatically reduced, from an average of 70 a day to now 20.  Now
there are very few porno looking headers appearing.  Or, maybe this was just
a temporal coincidence.

Incidentally, another quick access is Rt. click (header on the Preview pane)
 > Properties.  I normally use the keystroke combination.

-- 
Lin Chung
[Replace "the Water Margin" with "ntlworld" for e-mail].

"Lin Chung"  wrote in message 
news:h9KPe.51$n4.15@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...

> Half-an-hour ago I received an official looking email from eBay.
>


You and everyone else.  Get these sad phishing attempts on a daily basis.

Steeler wrote:

> Lin Chung wrote:
> > Half-an-hour ago I received an official looking email from eBay.
> You and everyone else.  Get these sad phishing attempts on a daily basis.



Thanks for imparting this rare insight.  This goes in some way in answering
the question: how big is phishing in spam.  Not many people would click on
the headers in the 'spam' bucket to view where the messages have come from,
much less to open the mails to read the contents.  Unless, that is, they are
in the security business.  Are you working in the IT security, Steeler?

-- 
Lin Chung
[Replace "the Water Margin" with "ntlworld" for e-mail].

"Lin Chung"  wrote in message 
news:1tUPe.165$x4.85@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...

> Steeler wrote:
>> Lin Chung wrote:
>> > Half-an-hour ago I received an official looking email from eBay.
>> You and everyone else.  Get these sad phishing attempts on a daily basis.
>
>
> Thanks for imparting this rare insight.


Not a rare insight, but confirmation of the boredom we all suffer from when 
an arse like you comes along.

So fuck off cockrash.

Mr fucking 'I.T.' posting a pile of shite about ***shock horror*** an ebay 
phishing scam!
Is it a UK discount or bargain? no? well get to fuck you sanctimonious 
prick.

g.

> Incidentally, another quick access is Rt. click (header on the Preview pane)
>  > Properties.  I normally use the keystroke combination.


Would this be for an inherently dangerous email program written by 
microsoft ? (I use a third party email program, TheBat!)

Colin Wilson wrote:

> Lin Chung wrote:
> > Incidentally, another quick access is Rt. click (header on the Preview
> > pane) > Properties.  I normally use the keystroke combination.
> Would this be for an inherently dangerous email program written by
> microsoft ? (I use a third party email program, TheBat!)



I don't know of TheBat!.  Yes, I'm using none other than Outlook Express.
It may not be the greatest mail reader there is, but life is short and it
serves the purpose if I choose not to wander off the beaten track. :)

-- 
Lin Chung
[Replace "the Water Margin" with "ntlworld" for e-mail].

"Lin Chung"  wrote in message 
news:1tUPe.165$x4.85@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...

> Steeler wrote:
>> Lin Chung wrote:
>> > Half-an-hour ago I received an official looking email from eBay.
>> You and everyone else.  Get these sad phishing attempts on a daily basis.
>
>
> Thanks for imparting this rare insight.  This goes in some way in 
> answering
> the question: how big is phishing in spam.  Not many people would click on
> the headers in the 'spam' bucket to view where the messages have come 
> from,
> much less to open the mails to read the contents.  Unless, that is, they 
> are
> in the security business.  Are you working in the IT security, Steeler?
>
> -- 


Headers?  Just hover over the link to see the scam.  Give you a clue - ebay 
does not have servers that end .ru