Spoof E Mails & Fraud Protection I would like to bring attention to our members something that I am getting extremely alarmed about . It is the amount of spoof e-mail’s recently pertaining to come from , Pay Pal, eBay, banks and certain credit card companies. Its a dog eat dog world on the Internet, and there are many inscrutable people trying their utmost to make it rich by conning innocent victims (ordinary working people trying to earn a living ). These fraudsters or spoofer people are relentless in their objectives and will not stop until they are prosecuted. They hide their tracks very cleverly, and to date have been are difficult to apprehend. The Internet Philatelic Dealers Association, can do nothing at this time, .but we do have one option available to us. This is to advise all our members to report every spoof e mail that you receive through your in box to the appropriate authorities. The companies concerned namely Pay Pal and eBay are trying to do their bit, but unfortunately it is no where near enough. Looking for these fraudsters on the WWW is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Today 11/04/05 I received 7 different spoof emails. All look to the user to be a genuine mail from eBay or Pay Pal. There is no doubt that these dupe a lot of Internet users, they are very cleverly constructed with logos, and secure log in motives, some are in a mirror image of the company they are pertaining to represent, and it is sometimes very difficult to know what is genuine and what is spoof. The Advice given out by the Internet Philatelic Dealers Association is: Always follow the advice given by Pay Pal, and eBay NEVER , EVER click on the link provided by the spoof, or give give out your personal information, even if you may think the e-mail is genuine or says it originates from eBay or Pay Pal . What to do if need be, Log on to your account in a different browser, but before doing this forward a copy of the suspect e-mail to either spoof@ebay.com or spoof@paypal.com. so they can at least know that fraudsters are operating, they will send you a reply and 10 times out of 10 this will inform you that the e-mail was not sent by them. AFTER DOING THIS: Block the fraudster from from sending repeat mails, and delete the e-mail. Help the Internet Philatelic Dealers Association to help you....follow these instructions for every spoof e-mail.... Together we can try to make the Internet a safer place to do business, and a harder place for fraudsters to operate. eBay will not ask you for sensitive personal information (such as your password, credit card and bank account numbers, Social Security numbers, etc.) in an email. Learn more account protection tips and more information on Internet fraud and how to avoid it http://pages.ebay.com/help/tp/isgw-account-theft-reporting.htmlhttp://pages.ebay.com/education/spooftutori al/ |
