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Con artists are targeting eBay users with a phishing email intended to steal personal information. The following image is a capture of an email I received this morning. When I moused over the link to take me to the eBay form, I saw that it did not in fact lead to ebay.com, but instead to cgi.ebay.com.jiki.com.mx — a fraud site. You could use the mouseover method I employed, or just open your web browser and go to Ebay to check your account. Do not click the link in the email! Also, you could forward the email to spoof@ebay.com for analysis.

These principles apply to any email you receive, especially those purporting to be from e-commerce sites, banks or other financial institutions. Sadly, neither Postini nor the Outlook 2007 spam filter quarantined this message. Remember, YOU are the last line of defense against fraudsters.

Phishing Email

1. Safety & Risk Engineer says:

   July 20, 2009 at 2:11 am

   [...] Technology Frustration Remediation » Blog Archive » Don't Get …Don’t be tricked by realistic looking emails into giving up your username and password, as well as other personal information. To mis-quote Neil Young, Fraudsters never sleep. [...]
2. Genevieve says:

   July 21, 2011 at 5:42 am

   BION I’m imrepssed! Cool post!