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I get a lot of spam e-mail from ebay and paypal. I forward the e- mails to <spoof@ebay,com> or <spoof@paypal.com>. They send in a-mail reply stating if the e-mail was in fact from them. I haven't had one yet. They have all been fraudulent. I have the peace of mind to know that they have been reported as spam. E-bay recently sent me an e-mail with some advice. If you forward the e-mail to <abuse@[Internet Service Provider> the e-mail will be reported directly to the internet service provider. I've only had one e-mail returned undeliverable. I copy the senders address and change the name of the sender to "abuse." Examples: abuse@earthlink.net abuse@aol.com abuse@yahoo.com This has been time-consuming, but I'm tired of getting these e- mails. I have a feature on my Mac the is supposed to allow me to bounce the e-mail back to the sender, but I always get "undeliverable" messages. Janice Askew Media Coordinator T. S. Cooper Elementary School 237 NC 32 South Sunbury, NC 27979 jma0525@earthlink.net On Jun 29, 2006, at 10:57 AM, Jacqueline Henry wrote: > 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 > Ruben A. Cirillo High School (GHS) > Gananda Central School District > 3195 Wiedrick Road > P.O. 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