How are they seeing your email addy? Is it your ebay screen name??
Bidders email addys are NOT visible to the public.

-W

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"So I lsot " Sorry, I "lost"

I got outbid.

WOW, I just now recieved another spoof'r.

Someone named "carlos" is wanting to know what my BIN price is and will
I accept paypal.


Huh. I don't have a paypal acct. and I don't have anything for sale.

interesting

Clams Canino wrote:
wrote in message
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So I lsot a boat auction, and never fails, here comes the
scam/spoofers.

What exactly did you do to a boat auction?

I could get "list", sold", or "lost" out of that.. )

-W

Clams Canino wrote:
How are they seeing your email addy? Is it your ebay screen name??
Bidders email addys are NOT visible to the public.

-W


ebay is constantly being "hacked". seems like they can get your email
add's. but can only get sensetive info from you. Like, getting these
bogus letters, and clicking on the links provided in the letter. Some
will ask for your password, some will take you to an open page of
nothing. but has provided an anti security worm, to infiltrate
(variation of a trojan horse) to seek and gather the info.

wrote in message
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Clams Canino wrote:
How are they seeing your email addy? Is it your ebay screen name??
Bidders email addys are NOT visible to the public.

-W


ebay is constantly being "hacked". seems like they can get your email
add's. but can only get sensetive info from you. Like, getting these
bogus letters, and clicking on the links provided in the letter. Some
will ask for your password, some will take you to an open page of
nothing. but has provided an anti security worm, to infiltrate
(variation of a trojan horse) to seek and gather the info.

I've got 2 Ebay accounts (buyer and seller). I've NEVER gotten emails to my
buyers account.
I only get them to my sellers account if my email addy was in the ad - or if
the phish came through the official ebay emails. I totally disagree that
Ebay is being hacked. There's a reason that your email is being laid bare to
the world. - really.

-W

"Clams Canino" wrote in message
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wrote in message
ups.com...

Clams Canino wrote:
How are they seeing your email addy? Is it your ebay screen name??
Bidders email addys are NOT visible to the public.

-W


ebay is constantly being "hacked". seems like they can get your email
add's. but can only get sensetive info from you. Like, getting these
bogus letters, and clicking on the links provided in the letter. Some
will ask for your password, some will take you to an open page of
nothing. but has provided an anti security worm, to infiltrate
(variation of a trojan horse) to seek and gather the info.

I've got 2 Ebay accounts (buyer and seller). I've NEVER gotten emails to
my
buyers account.
I only get them to my sellers account if my email addy was in the ad - or
if
the phish came through the official ebay emails. I totally disagree that
Ebay is being hacked. There's a reason that your email is being laid bare
to
the world. - really.

-W



I have not received any email regarding my Ebay account but I have received
fake emails regarding my Paypal account. Before responding I checked with
Paypal and was told the emails were fraud so I flushed them.

Know what the retail price of the product is, purchase from established
members and pay with Pay (using a credit card)....following these guidelines
I have not had a problem.

wrote in message
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Clams Canino wrote:
How are they seeing your email addy? Is it your ebay screen name??
Bidders email addys are NOT visible to the public.

-W


ebay is constantly being "hacked". seems like they can get your email
add's. but can only get sensetive info from you. Like, getting these
bogus letters, and clicking on the links provided in the letter. Some
will ask for your password, some will take you to an open page of
nothing. but has provided an anti security worm, to infiltrate
(variation of a trojan horse) to seek and gather the info.


To infiltrate and then what? Call home with what info it finds?

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message news:356Yg.3062

To infiltrate and then what? Call home with what info it finds?


Most spyware is benign and just tracks marketing preferences so as to spam
you better. Dangerous spyware can indeed phone home vital info you type
in, so as to rob you.

I've never seen a single thing come to me via Ebay. It's usually those
"freeware" sites that come complete with "free spyware" added in. That's
why I specified a *safe* place for whatshisname to download DVDShrink3.2.

The best way to be safe is to download nothing, past that, be SURE of your
source for "freeware".
The best source for getting spyware added is the "free anti-spyware" sites.
etc....

-W

"Clams Canino" wrote in message
ink.net...

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
news:356Yg.3062

To infiltrate and then what? Call home with what info it finds?


Most spyware is benign and just tracks marketing preferences so as to spam
you better. Dangerous spyware can indeed phone home vital info you type
in, so as to rob you.

I've never seen a single thing come to me via Ebay. It's usually those
"freeware" sites that come complete with "free spyware" added in. That's
why I specified a *safe* place for whatshisname to download DVDShrink3.2.

The best way to be safe is to download nothing, past that, be SURE of your
source for "freeware".
The best source for getting spyware added is the "free anti-spyware"
sites.
etc....

-W


Question for you computer experts:

How safe is it to buy something on-line with a credit card using the
vendor's "secure" encrypted ordering page?

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

"Clams Canino" wrote in message
ink.net...

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
news:356Yg.3062

To infiltrate and then what? Call home with what info it finds?


Most spyware is benign and just tracks marketing preferences so as to
spam
you better. Dangerous spyware can indeed phone home vital info you type
in, so as to rob you.

I've never seen a single thing come to me via Ebay. It's usually those
"freeware" sites that come complete with "free spyware" added in. That's
why I specified a *safe* place for whatshisname to download DVDShrink3.2.

The best way to be safe is to download nothing, past that, be SURE of
your
source for "freeware".
The best source for getting spyware added is the "free anti-spyware"
sites.
etc....

-W


Question for you computer experts:

How safe is it to buy something on-line with a credit card using the
vendor's "secure" encrypted ordering page?

Eisboch


Been doing it for 6 years without a problem. But, go to www.visa.com and
sign up for the "Verified By Visa" thing. And do NOT use your debit card,
ever, for an online purchase.

If you browser is showing the lock on that web site then that means that the
all the exchanges between you and the web site are encrypted. It is not a
completely foolproof encryption but nobody outside of places like nsa have
got the computer horsepower to break it. Plus they would have to intercept
your actual traffic to even begin and the comm companies have got the major
routing nodes and lines pretty well locked down.

You do have some vulnerability in that you are assuming that the other party
has taken the effort to secure their site and servers. This is not likely
to be a problem with big companies like amazon, ebay, walmart, etc. But mom
and pop operations that have decided to do their own servers may not be so
good. Usually you can tell if the store is doing their own thing or buying
web services form a big web server shop.

I once received an invitation to list our vacation rental propery on a new
site for free. I went to it and signed up to get an account. After I
snooped around a while I realized that they had left access to their
vacation site user id/password file open on their server. There along with
everyone else was my new id and password to get on their site. I downloaded
it and emailed them a copy suggesting they clean it up.

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

"Clams Canino" wrote in message
ink.net...

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
news:356Yg.3062

To infiltrate and then what? Call home with what info it finds?


Most spyware is benign and just tracks marketing preferences so as to
spam
you better. Dangerous spyware can indeed phone home vital info you type
in, so as to rob you.

I've never seen a single thing come to me via Ebay. It's usually those
"freeware" sites that come complete with "free spyware" added in. That's
why I specified a *safe* place for whatshisname to download DVDShrink3.2.

The best way to be safe is to download nothing, past that, be SURE of
your
source for "freeware".
The best source for getting spyware added is the "free anti-spyware"
sites.
etc....

-W


Question for you computer experts:

How safe is it to buy something on-line with a credit card using the
vendor's "secure" encrypted ordering page?

Eisboch

"James" wrote in message
link.net...
If you browser is showing the lock on that web site then that means that
the all the exchanges between you and the web site are encrypted. It is
not a completely foolproof encryption but nobody outside of places like
nsa have got the computer horsepower to break it. Plus they would have to
intercept your actual traffic to even begin and the comm companies have
got the major routing nodes and lines pretty well locked down.

I was wondering about keystroke loggers. I don't recall, but it might've
been Eisboch who said he had no need for a firewall that monitored outbound
nasties because he'd never been infected with anything nasty.

Yet.