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Phishing Scams by Albert Grande from grandepublishing.com I never thought it would happen to me. I’m just to careful. I don’t open e-mail attachments. I never take chances. But, I did become the victim of a phishing scam and it wasn’t pretty. Let me explain. What is phishing? According to Wikipedia: "In computing, phishing is a criminal activity using social engineering techniques. Phishers attempt to fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication."
I should have known better...I never fall
for those phishing scams... You know what I'm talking about- you get an email from Paypal, ebay or your bank. The email looks genuine. All of the familiar graphics are there on the page. It looks exactly like the real website. How was I to know I was being set up for a scam... Let me explain: I had just completed an auction at eBay. A very successful auction. eBay immediately sent me an email. At least I thought it was from eBay.... The email said I owed money from my auction. They said I needed to pay immediately or my account would be suspended. I certainly didn't want my account suspended, I wanted to pay. I looked at the email and I clicked where it said to click. I filled in my user name and password, just like I always do when I log onto eBay. Then nothing happened. Wow, I thought. Strange. Maybe just an Internet glitch. It happens all the time. I opened a new window and manually typed in the eBay address. As soon as I logged onto the "real" eBay, I realized, I had been scammed. I immediately changed my password. Then I logged onto Paypal and changed that password. I narrowly averted disaster. I learned my lesson, again. Don't fall for Phishing scams. If you ever get an email from anyone, asking you to log into your account from a link in the email: DON'T DO IT! Log into your account from a different browser window and manually type in the address. Be careful out there. The bad guys are counting on you to take the easy way, and click on the link. Just like I did. If you get such a message, delete it immediately. If the email says it's from Paypal or eBay you can forward it to them at this address: The Anti-Phishing work group has some great advice:
You can find other great advice on what to do about phishing scams by going to: >>>Anti-Phishing work group<<< Remember: Let's be careful out there. You are one click away from being scammed... You can publish this article at you website or blog:
If you get a suspicious email: "Click on REPLY, send the message to whoever, and see what happens........it will bounce right back to you if it's a scam. If you check "properties" and see what the sender's email address is, you'll see why." Thanks, Lynda.
"What I have always done is assume that all that stuff from eBay, PayPal, Amazon, and Western Union is phony and I forward it all to the supposed senders so they can pursue the phony senders. I have always got an email back from them advising me they were indeed phony. Only then do I delete the phony message. If you do this it gives eBay or whoever the opportunity to maybe catch them." Thanks, LeRoy
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Everything is totally free! Sincerely, Albert Grande
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