Re: EBAY and AMAZON

[goemon () anime net]

Sometimes I wonder how many nanog'ers would fall for a phishing email sent 
to this DL. I suspect the number is more than 0.

-Dan

On Mon, 11 Jun 2012, Bryan Irvine wrote:

> Yup. They hope that the message contents are a coincidence and scare
> you into seeing (i.e. clicking on..) what's it's about.
>
> This happened to me a few years ago where I changed my ebay password,
> and about 30 minutes later got a phishing email that my password
> change failed.  So I clicked the link and re-did it.  As soon as I
> clicked on the submit button I noticed that the URl I was forwarded to
> was to some server in Russia.  /facepalm.
>
> I went and sheepishly changed my ebay password AGAIN that very moment,
> with a bit of awe towards the clever con I had fallen into.  Luckily I
> noticed.  But how many others didn't?
>
> -B
>
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Scott Brim <scott.brim () gmail com> wrote:
> > I think it's a troll, trying to shock you into clicking on something.
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Nick Olsen <nick () flhsi com> wrote:
> >
> > > I think it might just be coincidence. I've gotten about 10 of them and
> > > haven't been to ebay or amazon in months.
> > > Most of them have been for >60 dollar books.
> > >
> > > Nick Olsen
> > > Network Operations (855) FLSPEED  x106
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------
> > >  From: "Brandt, Ralph" <ralph.brandt () pateam com>
> > > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 1:28 PM
> > > To: nanog () nanog org
> > > Subject: EBAY and AMAZON
> > >
> > > I have received bogus emails from both of the above on Friday.
> > >
> > > These look like I bought something that in both cases I did not buy.
> > > The EBAY was a golf club for $887 and the Amazon was a novel for $82,
> > > far more than I would have spent on either.
> > >
> > > I think I looked at the novel on Amazon and I remember the golf club
> > > came up on a search with something else on Ebay.
> > >
> > > How this information could get to someone spoofing is a little
> > > disconcerting.
> > >
> > > I have changed EBAY and Paypal Passwords as instructed.
> > >
> > > Ralph Brandt
> > > Communications Engineer
> > > HP Enterprise Services
> > > Telephone +1 717.506.0802
> > > FAX +1 717.506.4358
> > > Email Ralph.Brandt () pateam com
> > > 5095 Ritter Rd
> > > Mechanicsburg PA 17055