| According to Wikipedia: "In computing, phishing is a | | | | to click. |
| criminal activity using social engineering techniques. | | | | I filled in my user name and password, just like I always |
| Phishers attempt to fraudulently acquire sensitive | | | | do when I log onto eBay. Then nothing happened. |
| information, such as usernames, passwords and credit | | | | Wow, I thought. Strange. Maybe just an Internet glitch. It |
| card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity | | | | happens all the time. I opened a new window and |
| in an electronic communication." | | | | manually typed in the eBay address. As soon as I |
| I should have known better...I never fall for those | | | | logged onto the "real" eBay, I realized, I had been |
| phishing scams...well almost never... | | | | scammed. |
| You know what I'm talking about- you get an email | | | | I immediately changed my password. Then I logged |
| from Paypal, ebay or your bank. The email looks | | | | onto Paypal and changed that password. I narrowly |
| genuine. All of the familiar graphics are there on the | | | | averted disaster. I learned my lesson, again. Don't fall |
| page. It looks exactly like the real website. How was I | | | | for Phishing scams. |
| to know I was being set up for a scam... | | | | If you ever get an email from anyone, asking you to |
| Let me explain: I had just completed an auction at | | | | log into your account from a link in the email: DON'T |
| eBay. A very successful auction. eBay immediately | | | | DO IT! |
| sent me an email. At least I thought it was from eBay.... | | | | Log into your account from a different browser |
| The email said I owed money from my auction. They | | | | window and manually type in the address. Be careful |
| said I needed to pay immediately or my account would | | | | out there. The bad guys are counting on you to take |
| be suspended. | | | | the easy way, and click on the link. Just like I did. If you |
| I certainly didn't want my account suspended, I wanted | | | | get such a message, delete it immediately. |
| to pay. I looked at the email and I clicked where it said | | | | |