OT: Beware of fake eBay letter

[Buythatcard]

Just got this fake letter from eBay which almost got me. Firefox prevented me from clicking on links stating that it was a deceptive site.

Just be careful because the scum out there are getting better at trying to deceive us.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

One of the give-aways is it says "Your registered name is included to show this message originated from ebay" yet your name isn't actually included. Always a bad sign from ebay, paypal, or anyone else you might do business with.

[vintagechris]

Just a helpful hint, anytime you get any kind of message from ebay, go to your ebay messages in your ebay account. Any real message from ebay will be there.

BTW, I do that with any questions that come from ebay buyers too.

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by vintagechris

Just a helpful hint, anytime you get any kind of message from ebay, go to your ebay messages in your ebay account. Any real message from ebay will be there.

BTW, I do that with any questions that come from ebay buyers too.

Excellent advice.

[rjackson44]

never open anything from ebay , or banks ,just delete everything ,,

[thetruthisoutthere]

I started in computers in 1974 running a Honeywell 200 (65K) MainFrame and eventually to IBM Mainframes (thru the 1980's and 1990's), but I learned early in the 1990's never to click on a link in your email and that same advice works today.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by thetruthisoutthere

I started in computers in 1974 running a Honeywell 200 (65K) MainFrame and eventually to IBM Mainframes (thru the 1980's and 1990's), but I learned early in the 1990's never to click on a link in your email and that same advice works today.

I agree with Chris. People blindly click on links without thinking that the party supposedly sending them the email would not have their email address in the first place.

One quick way to check on a suspicious email is to hit reply and see the email address that is in the "To" line. Almost all of the time it is a phony address.