Many of these sites have a site to report suspect email and they do try (and
sometimes succeed) to track them down. eBay is spoof at ebay dot com and
paypal is spoof at paypal.com. Many others have the same email address and
I frequently forward the emails to their spoof email address and then
delete. There is also a free download called beping that will let you ping
the isp address. Look under the email properties and get the isp address
and copy and paste it into beping and it will trace it if it is still up and
running by the time you get the email. I use beping quite a bit also.
Carl Seale, Librarian -- Retired
cbseale@sbcglobal.net
www.antiquesnthings.net
If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow
morning - sleep late.
Henny Youngman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacqueline Henry" <jhenry@GANANDA.ORG>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 9:57 AM
Subject: [LM_NET] How to recognize fraud "spoof" emails
>I was cleaning out the inbox of my home email account and it occurred to
> me that some of you might be having the same problem we have. We
> purchase books frequently via Amazon and we buy and sell via ebay. As a
> result, we get a lot of fraud emails with subjects such as the ones I
> just deleted today: eBay Unpaid Item Strike Received: #7013724376 and
> Fraud alert. Mostly we simply delete them - but I thought you might like
> to know how you can tell for sure if they are fraudulent.
>
> These emails often look like the real thing. They mimic the email
> format used by the company. However - if you click on the link you are
> taken to a website that looks like Amazon or looks like Ebay - but it is
> a sham and if you enter any information, they will then be able to use
> your information fraudulently. You could be out lots of money -
> especially if you enter bank account information.
>
> So.... Here is what I do. If I am not sure if the email is legitimate
> - I right click on any of the hyperlinks in the email and choose "copy
> shortcut". This will copy the address of the website the link is
> directing you to. I then paste the address into notebook or a word
> document. Here is what I found today.
>
> An eBay email which directed me to this address:
> http://www.theanimalhouse.us/.sign/eBay etc. etc.
>
> The fraudulent Amazon email was a little trickier. It hyperlinked to:
> http://68.151.158.241:81/www.amazon.com/
> A real amazon address would not look like that. It would start with
> www.amazon.com
>
> Yet another fraudulent eBay email wanted me to visit
> http://nailclubthailand.com/
>
> Bottom line - I delete ALL emails that I get from ebay, amazon etc. If
> there really is a problem, they have my phone number and will call me
> directly.
>
> Hope some of you will find this information useful.
>
> Jacquie
>
> "The Librarian, whose job is to heal ignorance, to keep life safe for
> poetry and to put knowledge smack dab in the middle of the American
> way."
>
> From The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9-20-03
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jacquie Henry, MLS
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