[AT] ebay

[Thomas O. Mehrkam]

If you clicked on the link you may have downloaded a worm without 
knowing it. Hope your patches and virus scanner are up to date.

Ricky Prescott wrote:

> Thanks for the heads up guys.  I knew something was up when they wanted my
> SSN and my ATM pin number.  I don't have any money,  they wouldn't get much.
> Thanks, Ricky
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Brueck" <b2 at chooka.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 9:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] ebay
> 
> 
> 
>>It's a scam, pure and simple.  If it's like the one I got recently, the
>>visible link would make you think you're going to eBay.  However, you will
>>notice under the covers (right click/view source) that the actual link is
> 
> a
> 
>>hard IP address.
>>
>>I forwarded a few of these to eBay earlier in my eBay experience, but have
>>since concluded that this is not new or original and I'm sure the eBay
> 
> folks
> 
>>are inundated with this one.
>>
>>If you find the IP address, you can do a tracert (that's the name of a DOS
>>program) and sometimes you can get some idea where it ends up, almost
> 
> always
> 
>>a foreign country.
>>
>>B²
>>Bill Brueck (brick)
>>Chatfield, Minnesota USA
>>
>>Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
>>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> 
>>Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 8:23 AM
>>Subject: Re: [AT] ebay
>>
>>
>>
>>>Ricky why don't you forward that message to the REAL EBay and see what
>>
>>they
>>
>>>have to say about it.
>>>
>>>Charlie
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Ricky Prescott" <diamondp at centex.net>
>>>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>>
>><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 9:16 AM
>>>Subject: [AT] ebay
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I recieved a message last night from ebay asking me to update my
>>
>>account.
>>
>>>>They are wanting my SSN and two different credit cards.  They want to
>>
>>know
>>
>>>>several different things that I have not had to use in the past.  They
>>
>>are
>>
>>>>claiming they need to verify me for security reasons.  Anyone else had
>>>
>>>this
>>>
>>>>message?  I never put my SSN on the internet.  Thanks, Ricky
>>>>
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