Re: EBAY SCAM

["Chris Lehman" <emily2000@peoplepc.com>]

paypal uses https and not http. So if you see http and not https then its
not really paypal.
"Tom" <mykrowyre@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:mPpMa.178078$cm4.4524222@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
> > Hey everyone, I just got an legit looking email from what is supposed
> > to be ebay and it looks like a semi clever scam that im sure will get
> > a few people. This one says they are giving away a ford explorer and
> > all you have to do to enter is "sign in" which, when you click on the
> > link, then takes you to a website which isnt ebay and im sure records
> > your passwords. IF everyone wants to enter some fake user names and
>
> Watch out, there is a paypal one that does the same thing.  It tells you
> they are updating their security profiles, but it sends to to a different
> site which looks like paypal.
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> -tom
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