How Not to Get Hooked by an Internet Scam

Internet scammers casting about for people's financial information
have a new way to lure unsuspecting victims: They go "phishing."
Phishing is a high-tech scam that uses spam or pop-up messages to
deceive you into disclosing your credit card numbers, bank account
information, Social Security number, passwords, or other sensitive
information.

http://www.contactomagazine.com/emailscams1211.htm

wrote:
> How Not to Get Hooked by an Internet Scam
>
> Internet scammers casting about for people's financial information
> have a new way to lure unsuspecting victims: They go "phishing."
> Phishing is a high-tech scam that uses spam or pop-up messages to
> deceive you into disclosing your credit card numbers,

Anyone with half a brain knows not to give out information like this. I've
personally gotten several "notices" allegedy from eBay wanting to confirm my
credit card and bank information. eBay does not ASK you for this
information, and certainly not via email. There are methods for reporting
this scam on the eBay website.

Last week I got an email, allegedly from PayPal, stating I'd added an
"authorized" email address to access my PayPal account. Sorry, I'm no fool.
I signed onto PayPal NOT from the link in the email and reported the idiot
with the complete text of the message and the message source information.

For other email scams, check the message source and report them to the ISP
listed under 'abuse' or 'complaints to'. Chances are this won't go very far
but at least you get the satisfaction of having done something.

If anyone actually *believes* someone in Nigeria will send them $2 million
out of the $10 million their dear departed father left but they cannot
access without first putting it in their bank, they deserve to be scammed.

Jill (sitting in a tub packed in ice with one of her kidneys missing)

wrote:
> How Not to Get Hooked by an Internet Scam
>
> Internet scammers casting about for people's financial information
> have a new way to lure unsuspecting victims: They go "phishing."
> Phishing is a high-tech scam that uses spam or pop-up messages to
> deceive you into disclosing your credit card numbers,

Anyone with half a brain knows not to give out information like this. I've
personally gotten several "notices" allegedy from eBay wanting to confirm my
credit card and bank information. eBay does not ASK you for this
information, and certainly not via email. There are methods for reporting
this scam on the eBay website.

Last week I got an email, allegedly from PayPal, stating I'd added an
"authorized" email address to access my PayPal account. Sorry, I'm no fool.
I signed onto PayPal NOT from the link in the email and reported the idiot
with the complete text of the message and the message source information.

For other email scams, check the message source and report them to the ISP
listed under 'abuse' or 'complaints to'. Chances are this won't go very far
but at least you get the satisfaction of having done something.

If anyone actually *believes* someone in Nigeria will send them $2 million
out of the $10 million their dear departed father left but they cannot
access without first putting it in their bank, they deserve to be scammed.

Jill (sitting in a tub packed in ice with one of her kidneys missing)

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<snip>

Alert on newsgroup spammers!
Internet spammers tend to post off-topic messages which link to websites
that contain pay-per-click adverts. Don't give them any click-throughs!

****.

jmcquown wrote:
ly from PayPal, stating I'd added an
> "authorized" email address to access my PayPal account. Sorry, I'm no fool.
> I signed onto PayPal NOT from the link in the email and reported the idiot
> with the complete text of the message and the message source information.
>
<good advice snipped>
>
>

I got that one too and sent it on to the real PalPal scam address with
the message and full headers.

--
Steve

Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it.
Autograph your work with excellence.

jmcquown wrote:
>
> wrote:
> > How Not to Get Hooked by an Internet Scam
> >
> > Internet scammers casting about for people's financial information
> > have a new way to lure unsuspecting victims: They go "phishing."
> > Phishing is a high-tech scam that uses spam or pop-up messages to
> > deceive you into disclosing your credit card numbers,
>
> Anyone with half a brain knows not to give out information like this. I've
> personally gotten several "notices" allegedy from eBay wanting to confirm my
> credit card and bank information. eBay does not ASK you for this
> information, and certainly not via email. There are methods for reporting
> this scam on the eBay website.
>
> Last week I got an email, allegedly from PayPal, stating I'd added an
> "authorized" email address to access my PayPal account. Sorry, I'm no fool.
> I signed onto PayPal NOT from the link in the email and reported the idiot
> with the complete text of the message and the message source information.
>
> For other email scams, check the message source and report them to the ISP
> listed under 'abuse' or 'complaints to'. Chances are this won't go very far
> but at least you get the satisfaction of having done something.
>
> If anyone actually *believes* someone in Nigeria will send them $2 million
> out of the $10 million their dear departed father left but they cannot
> access without first putting it in their bank, they deserve to be scammed.
>
> Jill (sitting in a tub packed in ice with one of her kidneys missing)

(laugh) I read about some fool who borrowed money from all his
friends and family and sent it to Nigeria. Now, apparently is he
a dummy, he also hangs around with a bunch of dummies.

nancy

jmcquown wrote:
>
> wrote:
> > How Not to Get Hooked by an Internet Scam
> >
> > Internet scammers casting about for people's financial information
> > have a new way to lure unsuspecting victims: They go "phishing."
> > Phishing is a high-tech scam that uses spam or pop-up messages to
> > deceive you into disclosing your credit card numbers,
>
> Anyone with half a brain knows not to give out information like this. I've
> personally gotten several "notices" allegedy from eBay wanting to confirm my
> credit card and bank information. eBay does not ASK you for this
> information, and certainly not via email. There are methods for reporting
> this scam on the eBay website.
>
> Last week I got an email, allegedly from PayPal, stating I'd added an
> "authorized" email address to access my PayPal account. Sorry, I'm no fool.
> I signed onto PayPal NOT from the link in the email and reported the idiot
> with the complete text of the message and the message source information.
>
> For other email scams, check the message source and report them to the ISP
> listed under 'abuse' or 'complaints to'. Chances are this won't go very far
> but at least you get the satisfaction of having done something.
>
> If anyone actually *believes* someone in Nigeria will send them $2 million
> out of the $10 million their dear departed father left but they cannot
> access without first putting it in their bank, they deserve to be scammed.
>
> Jill (sitting in a tub packed in ice with one of her kidneys missing)

(laugh) I read about some fool who borrowed money from all his
friends and family and sent it to Nigeria. Now, apparently is he
a dummy, he also hangs around with a bunch of dummies.

nancy

In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> wrote:
> > How Not to Get Hooked by an Internet Scam
> >
> > Internet scammers casting about for people's financial information
> > have a new way to lure unsuspecting victims: They go "phishing."
> > Phishing is a high-tech scam that uses spam or pop-up messages to
> > deceive you into disclosing your credit card numbers,
>
> Anyone with half a brain knows not to give out information like this. I've
> personally gotten several "notices" allegedy from eBay wanting to confirm my
> credit card and bank information. eBay does not ASK you for this
> information, and certainly not via email. There are methods for reporting
> this scam on the eBay website.
>
> Last week I got an email, allegedly from PayPal, stating I'd added an
> "authorized" email address to access my PayPal account. Sorry, I'm no fool.
> I signed onto PayPal NOT from the link in the email and reported the idiot
> with the complete text of the message and the message source information.

I got that one too...
Spooked me briefly, but I've gotten SO many phisher paypal and ebay
e-mails that I did the same thing. I opened up a new web browser and
checked my paypal profile thru the regular channels just to be sure,
then I harvested the headers from the e-mail and forwarded the whole
shebang to

Hope they catch the creep!!!

>
> For other email scams, check the message source and report them to the ISP
> listed under 'abuse' or 'complaints to'. Chances are this won't go very far
> but at least you get the satisfaction of having done something.
>
> If anyone actually *believes* someone in Nigeria will send them $2 million
> out of the $10 million their dear departed father left but they cannot
> access without first putting it in their bank, they deserve to be scammed.
>
> Jill (sitting in a tub packed in ice with one of her kidneys missing)
>
>
<lol>!

--
K.

Sprout the Mung Bean to reply...

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http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra

In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> wrote:
> > How Not to Get Hooked by an Internet Scam
> >
> > Internet scammers casting about for people's financial information
> > have a new way to lure unsuspecting victims: They go "phishing."
> > Phishing is a high-tech scam that uses spam or pop-up messages to
> > deceive you into disclosing your credit card numbers,
>
> Anyone with half a brain knows not to give out information like this. I've
> personally gotten several "notices" allegedy from eBay wanting to confirm my
> credit card and bank information. eBay does not ASK you for this
> information, and certainly not via email. There are methods for reporting
> this scam on the eBay website.
>
> Last week I got an email, allegedly from PayPal, stating I'd added an
> "authorized" email address to access my PayPal account. Sorry, I'm no fool.
> I signed onto PayPal NOT from the link in the email and reported the idiot
> with the complete text of the message and the message source information.

I got that one too...
Spooked me briefly, but I've gotten SO many phisher paypal and ebay
e-mails that I did the same thing. I opened up a new web browser and
checked my paypal profile thru the regular channels just to be sure,
then I harvested the headers from the e-mail and forwarded the whole
shebang to

Hope they catch the creep!!!

>
> For other email scams, check the message source and report them to the ISP
> listed under 'abuse' or 'complaints to'. Chances are this won't go very far
> but at least you get the satisfaction of having done something.
>
> If anyone actually *believes* someone in Nigeria will send them $2 million
> out of the $10 million their dear departed father left but they cannot
> access without first putting it in their bank, they deserve to be scammed.
>
> Jill (sitting in a tub packed in ice with one of her kidneys missing)
>
>
<lol>!

--
K.

Sprout the Mung Bean to reply...

>,,<Cat's Haven Hobby Farm>,,<Katraatcenturyteldotnet>,,<

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra

In article >,
says...
> wrote:
> > How Not to Get Hooked by an Internet Scam
> >
> > Internet scammers casting about for people's financial information
> > have a new way to lure unsuspecting victims: They go "phishing."
> > Phishing is a high-tech scam that uses spam or pop-up messages to
> > deceive you into disclosing your credit card numbers,
>
> Anyone with half a brain knows not to give out information like this. I've
> personally gotten several "notices" allegedy from eBay wanting to confirm my
> credit card and bank information. eBay does not ASK you for this
> information, and certainly not via email. There are methods for reporting
> this scam on the eBay website.
>
> Last week I got an email, allegedly from PayPal, stating I'd added an
> "authorized" email address to access my PayPal account. Sorry, I'm no fool.
> I signed onto PayPal NOT from the link in the email and reported the idiot
> with the complete text of the message and the message source information.
>
> For other email scams, check the message source and report them to the ISP
> listed under 'abuse' or 'complaints to'. Chances are this won't go very far
> but at least you get the satisfaction of having done something.
>
> If anyone actually *believes* someone in Nigeria will send them $2 million
> out of the $10 million their dear departed father left but they cannot
> access without first putting it in their bank, they deserve to be scammed.

There was and probably is still a web site on there where people have
taken advantage of the 419 scammers. They do various things like make
them hold up signs with interesting sayings on them, etc.

On a few of them they've actually physically tracked the scammer in
London of all places. The police were very interested in that.

In article >,
says...
> wrote:
> > How Not to Get Hooked by an Internet Scam
> >
> > Internet scammers casting about for people's financial information
> > have a new way to lure unsuspecting victims: They go "phishing."
> > Phishing is a high-tech scam that uses spam or pop-up messages to
> > deceive you into disclosing your credit card numbers,
>
> Anyone with half a brain knows not to give out information like this. I've
> personally gotten several "notices" allegedy from eBay wanting to confirm my
> credit card and bank information. eBay does not ASK you for this
> information, and certainly not via email. There are methods for reporting
> this scam on the eBay website.
>
> Last week I got an email, allegedly from PayPal, stating I'd added an
> "authorized" email address to access my PayPal account. Sorry, I'm no fool.
> I signed onto PayPal NOT from the link in the email and reported the idiot
> with the complete text of the message and the message source information.
>
> For other email scams, check the message source and report them to the ISP
> listed under 'abuse' or 'complaints to'. Chances are this won't go very far
> but at least you get the satisfaction of having done something.
>
> If anyone actually *believes* someone in Nigeria will send them $2 million
> out of the $10 million their dear departed father left but they cannot
> access without first putting it in their bank, they deserve to be scammed.

There was and probably is still a web site on there where people have
taken advantage of the 419 scammers. They do various things like make
them hold up signs with interesting sayings on them, etc.

On a few of them they've actually physically tracked the scammer in
London of all places. The police were very interested in that.