Tuesday, September 16

Another Tip From Joe Consumer

In case you haven't gotten burned by an e-mail like this, you'll eventually get one of these from "Ebay" or "Paypal" that says something to the effect of:

During our regular udpate and verification of the accounts, we couldn't verify your current information. Either your information has changed or it is incomplete. As a result, your access to bid or buy on Ebay has been restricted. To start using your eBay account fully, please update and verify your information by clicking...
...followed by a link. Always look for these signs when you get one of these:

1) eBay spells "eBay" as "eBay". Not "Ebay". And it's "PayPal", not "Paypal".
2) Click on the link. If anything other than an eBay address appears in the URL address line in your browser, it ain't eBay.
3) There's invariably an entry for your debit card and ATM secret code. If you're idiotic enough to enter this info ANYWHERE on the 'net, ignore all this.
4) Even if all the above looks legit, delete it unanswered anyway. If there's a problem, you'll see it when you go to their real site.
5) Oh, and this was sent to my blog e-mail address...which eBay doesn't have. Duh.