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| Bhunte | Posted
on 08-Jan-04 09:04 PM
So many people have received the scam described below, I think it is worth passing this along. Please be aware and cautious--never give out your credit card information, bank information, etc. unless you are absolutely sure that YOU initiated an activity that requires it. see below. ********************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: .............. To: ................ Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 2:14 PM Subject: beware of internet credit card scam > Hi there. > There is a new credit card scam going on all over the internet. You > will be contacted through an Email, apparently from your provider (to > me it happened with Earthlink.net) or another site where you are > registered (Ebay), and you will be requested to "update" your credit > card data. DO NOT DO IT. It's a scam. Somebody wants to take your card > data, and use them. Last week, I was almost cheated, but at the last > minute I decided to call Earthlink to confirm, and they told me the > mail was not from them, and the scam is widening. In fact, today I have > received a similar "scam-mail" from Ebay, that asks for my card number, > and even my PIN!!! > Please send this Email around!! 
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| San | Posted
on 09-Jan-04 09:59 AM
Thank you Bhunte Dai for bringing in interesting and informative pieces to sajha. It is very much appreciated! On a similar note, I received an email yesterday supposedly from "MSN Greetings" with a subject that said "You have received an e-greeting". This is to let everyone know that it's a hoax and an attempt to steal your Hotmail Password. The body of the message said "Someone has sent you a New Year 2004 wish using MSN Greetings!" and it included MSN HOTMAIL type stationary background, which a LINK that needed to be clicked. When you click on the link you get to a page that is designed to be like the HOTMAIL Login page, and it asks you to log in to access the greeting. If you put your Email and Password to login, the person sending you this hoax is able to get your PASSWORD. Hence, use discretion in logging into your Email accounts from other websites besides the official Microsoft MSN or HOTMAIL homepages. In this day and age of the internet, your password is a very important security key that protects a lot of your valuable information. If you are an average internet user you will share the same password in many different accounts. Hence it is important that you be very careful when typing your password out. One way to avoid being misled by such hoaxes is to always access the login page by going to the actual site and not through a link from an EMAIL message. If you share a computer with others do not check any option to save your password since it is possible that a web savvy guy can actually view the source of the page to see the hidden values behind perfectly safe looking ********* (asterisks) that appear on the password entry box. While I'm at it, I recommend that internet users download a program called SPYBOT available here http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=mirrors Thesedays many companies install hidden SPYWARES in your computers in order to track your browsing habits as well as to pop up ads. Not only are these annoying, they slow down your computer to a standstill. Hence I recommend that you use the SPYBOT to periodically clean up your computers of spywares. If you have any questions you can feel free to contact me at admin@sajha.com |
| Bhunte | Posted
on 09-Jan-04 02:54 PM
San bro, thanks for the additional info and links. So far i remember i had 31 or 32 internet transactions i did in ebay.com, but now i see 37. moreover, my ebay id changed without a notice to me or my initiation. now i feel some thing fishy and quite alerted after reading email from International Student Service of my university.... |
| Sadabichar | Posted
on 09-Jan-04 03:04 PM
Even I received the greetings card in my non-hotmail account, similar to the one San mentioned. If you click the link provided to retrieve your greeting cards sent by unknown person, it takes you the pape that appears to be that of msn.com, and it asks your hotmail account and password. Something is obviousely fishy about htis for the following reasons: 1. The email didn't say who sent you the greetings. 2. Suppose if i do not have hotmail account, then how can I possibly retrive the greetings sent to me. I would have nothing to key in in th efields of username and password. 3. Normally, the greetings emails do ask you to clikc the link to retrieve the greeting, but should not ask your any other information at all. Think many times before you click any emails, 2 out of 3 emails are anyways junk. |
| salakjith | Posted
on 09-Jan-04 08:39 PM
The password for the greeting site is being posted to http://kurakani1.hypermart.net, so this means this is the work of some Nepalese hackers. |