On 06/14/2005 06:27 AM, "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com> wrote:
> Val and Kevin Ko wrote:
>
>> Yep, the scammers have been keeping me busy. I finally resorted to pulling
>> the pictures (I usually try and leave pictures up until I am sure the buyer
>> has no more use for them) but I fear that they have been copied so many
>> times that they will be floating around in cyberspace forever.
>>
>> What puzzled me is that the "sellers" have had good feedback. I think that
>> their IDs have been compromised, and the scammers have hijacked their IDs
>> for fraudulent auctions. The latest attempt to hijack my eBay password was
>> a genuine looking eBay e-mail I received yesterday offering me a chance to
>> win a vehicle during eBay's 10th anniversary giveaway. A click on the link
>> takes you to a pseudo-eBay login screen. A check of the site address made it
>> clear that it was not an official eBay site. If I were to fill in my ID and
>> password, I'm sure I would end up being the victim of ID theft. Please, be
>> very careful and wary of any curious eBay e-mails!
>
> Netcraft offers a free browser toolbar that helps identify spoofed web
> sites: http://toolbar.netcraft.com
>
> N.B.: Netcraft is an established and respected network security and
> services company. There is no spyware or adware included with the
> toolbar. No relation to Netcraft except as a satisfied user of their
> toolbar.
And it's VERY simple to PhotoShop (or use another photo editor), to type your eBay username over the picture so it can't be swiped by another user (unless they really want to spend the time to repair the pictures).
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