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Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures."
-- Daniel Webster
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Sunday, October 19, 2003 :::
I just got a couple of emails with the subject line, "Please update your e-Bay account information". In the body of the message is a link to a web page with an eBay logo and a form asking for information. There are several reasons I consider this to be at least moderately suspicious.- I received it twice, in quick succession.
- It was sent to a mailing list I'm on (not to me personally).
- Said mailing list happens to get a lot of spam.
- I have never registered with eBay.
Finally, the URL looks a little bit like it refers to an eBay machine(http://scgi.ebay.comindexupdateyourinformationsecure@211.35.244.54:199/index.htm), but it isn't really at eBay. It appears to be a site collecting eBay user information from the gullible.
If you aren't careful about these things, here's how you should be: if you get email like this, and you think there's a possibility it's legit, don't follow the link. Instead, open a new browser window, go to www.ebay.com yourself, and update your account info through the usual process.
::: posted by Steven at 3:48 AM
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