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Internet Fraud - Advice from eBay
By John Dewey

My daughter-in-law does quite a bit of eBay shopping.  I sent her
a copy of some of the Internet fraud postings.  Here is a part of her
answer.

John Dewey

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It is a good idea to check for the latest scams:

  http://www.scambusters.org/
  http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/cyberfraud.htm
  http://www.elsop.com/wrc/complain.htm - "Where to Complain"

I have a letter from eBay you can pass on:
 [ Excerpts:

>> Even without seeing the entire email with headers, I can tell that
>> the email you received is fraudulent. These emails are commonly
>> referred to as spoofed email. ...
>> If you have any doubt about whether an email message is from eBay,
>> please forward it to spoof@ebay.com.  Do not respond to it or click
>> on any of the links in the email message.  In addition, for faster
>> processing we ask that you do not change the subject line or the text
>> of the suspicious email in any way.
>>
>> If you believe that you may have already given your sensitive
>> information to someone pretending to be eBay, you should take action
>> to protect your identity.  We have an eBay Help page with valuable
>> information regarding the steps you should take to protect yourself
>> further.
>> http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/isgw-account-theft-reporting.html
>>
>> In addition, to keep our community safe, eBay has created a tutorial
>> to teach our members about spoof emails. To access the tutorial,
>> please click on the link below:
>>   http://pages.ebay.com/education/spooftutorial/
>> ...
>> Learn more account protection tips at:
>>   http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/isgw-account-theft-reporting.html
>> For our latest announcements, please check:
>>   http://www2.ebay.com/aw/announce.shtml [system announcements]
>>   http://www2.ebay.com/aw/marketing.shtml [general announcements]



(Message sent Sat 26 Feb 2005, 14:41:56 GMT, from time zone GMT-0600.)

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