Reply to "ebay identity compromised"

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Originally posted by Mrs.M.:
Jabber, I just talked to him. He said he opened an email that said his account had been compromised on Ebay.

Here's your answer...

[_phishing_]

I've known even sensible people fall for this scam.

Another method is a trojan that records key strokes - hey presto, they have your ID and PASSWORD and can do what they like.

The chances of a big organisation getting hacked and the saved IDs and encrypted passwords being stolen are small. The chances of a home PC having a trojan or a naive user supplying a scammer with the info she/he needs are much, much higher.

So, keep ad-aware running (it's free), make sure your AVG virus checker (it's free) is up-to-date and don't give your personal details to any organisation after receiving an email from them.

I despair...

11/30/0411:35 PM

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