OT: Wussup with Ebay?

The Bill Rodgers said:

Wussup with Ebay? I keep getting emails from them to update my acct,
and after giving them name, birthdate, SS#, drivers license #, CC
info, Bank acct #'s, they STILL keep sending me requests for more
info.
Has Ebay got problems or something?

It's not ebay, it's phishing. This website has a good explanation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

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The Bill Rodgers said:

Wussup with Ebay? I keep getting emails from them to update my acct,
and after giving them name, birthdate, SS#, drivers license #, CC
info, Bank acct #'s, they STILL keep sending me requests for more
info.
Has Ebay got problems or something?

It's not ebay, it's phishing. This website has a good explanation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing

Precisely. These phishing emails get better by the day.

My policy is that if I get an email from eBay, Yahoo, etc saying my
account needs attention, I open a web browser and manually go to my account
by typing in www.ebay.com. Never, ever click the links - most of the links
are correct, but one or two in the email send you elsewhere. Your visit to
this elsewhere location also flags your email address for further spam
and/or sale of your address to other spammers. In other words, your email
account is now permanently hosed with spam.

Dave

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Quoted message said:

Wussup with Ebay? I keep getting emails from them to update my acct,
and after giving them name, birthdate, SS#, drivers license #, CC
info, Bank acct #'s, they STILL keep sending me requests for more
info.
Has Ebay got problems or something?

they need comprehensive information in order to keep this very valuable
service running. You might try sending them your wife and kids' information
next. if you're single you should go through your neighbors' mail and get
their information and send it on. we need to keep this valuable service on
the internet.

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TBR
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and
the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."

The Bill Rodgers said:

Wussup with Ebay? I keep getting emails from them to update my acct,
and after giving them name, birthdate, SS#, drivers license #, CC
info, Bank acct #'s, they STILL keep sending me requests for more
info.
Has Ebay got problems or something?

TBR
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."

It's a scam. I get them all the time and I don't do eBay or PayPal.

The Bill Rodgers said:

Wussup with Ebay? I keep getting emails from them to update my acct,
and after giving them name, birthdate, SS#, drivers license #, CC
info, Bank acct #'s, they STILL keep sending me requests for more
info.
Has Ebay got problems or something?

Yeah, they use cheap hardware and when their off-brand hard drives
crash, they need that information again because they don't back it up.
Think of it as some penny-pinching Scot buying Asics shoes because he
doesn't want to shell out for real Nikes - they might feel fine for a
day or a week, but sooner or later those pieces o'[censored] will fail
big-time and our runner will regret it.

Tell ya what, I work with computers and have access to lots of
hardware, so if you send *me* that information, I'll make a copy on
1/4" tape and forward it to eBay; so next time they have a crash they
can just restore your data from the tape without bothering you.

Yr pal,
CP

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Quoted message said:

The Bill Rodgers said:

Wussup with Ebay? I keep getting emails from them to update my acct,
and after giving them name, birthdate, SS#, drivers license #, CC
info, Bank acct #'s, they STILL keep sending me requests for more
info.
Has Ebay got problems or something?

Yeah, they use cheap hardware and when their off-brand hard drives
crash, they need that information again because they don't back it up.
Think of it as some penny-pinching Scot buying Asics shoes because he
doesn't want to shell out for real Nikes - they might feel fine for a
day or a week, but sooner or later those pieces o'[censored] will fail
big-time and our runner will regret it.

Tell ya what, I work with computers and have access to lots of
hardware, so if you send *me* that information, I'll make a copy on
1/4" tape and forward it to eBay; so next time they have a crash they
can just restore your data from the tape without bothering you.

send me a copy too so you'll have a tertiary backup.

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Yr pal,
CP

On 3 Aug 2005 07:18:26 -0700, "Charlie Pendejo" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Tell ya what, I work with computers and have access to lots of
hardware, so if you send *me* that information, I'll make a copy on
1/4" tape and forward it to eBay; so next time they have a crash they
can just restore your data from the tape without bothering you.

Done!

TBR
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."

On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 10:22:47 -0400, "TheVicar" <[email hidden]>

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send me a copy too so you'll have a tertiary backup.

Sent

TBR
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."

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On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 10:22:47 -0400, "TheVicar" <[email hidden]>

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send me a copy too so you'll have a tertiary backup.

Sent

i have to test the veracity of the data so i'm going to make a test purchase
on Amazon. i'll cancel it after it goes through so dont get excited...

on another topic...which flat panel tv is best?

Quoted message said:

TBR
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and
the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."

I am very concerned that, as a newbie internet user, you can have your
money stolen through hacking and phishing.

Please send the remainder of whatever money you have, in cash, to me,
for sakekeeping. I emailed you my postal address.

i

On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 13:02:50 -0400, "TheVicar" <[email hidden]>

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i have to test the veracity of the data so i'm going to make a test purchase
on Amazon. i'll cancel it after it goes through so dont get excited...

Well last month I stopped getting my bank statements and CC
statements, so I probably won't see it for a very long time, and I'm
quite sure your honest so I won't pay no mind to it.

Quoted message said:

on another topic...which flat panel tv is best?

The one you pay for with someone elses money.

TBR
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."

Ignoramus20106 said:

I am very concerned that, as a newbie internet user, you can have your
money stolen through hacking and phishing.

That'll never happen to me.

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Please send the remainder of whatever money you have, in cash, to me,
for sakekeeping. I emailed you my postal address.

Well, I do have 39cents left on my debit card, but after I buy the
stamp...

TBR
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."