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| Thread ID: 65009 | 2006-01-04 09:36:00 | Is this what's called "Fishing"? | dvk77 (9542) | Press F1 |
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| 418211 | 2006-01-04 09:36:00 | Hi, I keep getting email from Amazon and Ebay about updating my account information. But I don't have an account on Amazon. Is this what's called fishing? also how can I tell if the Ebay requrest for me to update my account info is valid? Thanks in advance. |
dvk77 (9542) | ||
| 418212 | 2006-01-04 09:41:00 | Delete the email ASAP! It is almost definitely 'phishing'. Definition located at Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org) You would most definitely be sent an email containing an address which would lead to a fake site. This is one reason I have very long email addresses. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 418213 | 2006-01-04 09:41:00 | Definitely phishing. I frequently get emails from Comcast and various other organisations that invite me to try out their "products" or update my account. Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 418214 | 2006-01-04 10:02:00 | And National Bank of Australia (in huge quantities), and Westpac Bank, and PayPal, and.... | John H (8) | ||
| 418215 | 2006-01-04 10:04:00 | Yer, I got 3 from Commonwealth bank Oz last week, and 3 from Westpac this week lol. I just blacklisted both of them. No point in sending it to me anyway, I'm not with either of them. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 418216 | 2006-01-04 10:06:00 | Definitely phishing. I frequently get emails from Comcast and various other organisations that invite me to try out their "products" or update my account. Cheers :)When a company sends you an email asking you to try there product.. thats spam. They have harvested your addy from someones legit list and sent you an email hoping you will respond and of course buy. For them to ask you to update a non-existant account, thats phishing dvk77: If you have an account with Ebay, go to there site to update. DO NOT click on the emailed link |
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