I know this is off-topic, but yesterday I registered with Ebay and today I received the following email. When I clicked on the website mentioned, my Vshield told me that the site contained a trojan (don’t know what that is but it sounds bad). Anyone know anything about this? Is it genuine?
Dear Paypal Member,
We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your PayPal
account from a foreign IP address.
If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log
in attempts may have been initiated by you. However, if you did not
initiate the log ins, please visit PayPal as soon as possible to change
your password:
If I can recall correctly (BIG IF), ebay and paypal always use your account name in the salutation of messages. If you get a Dear Paypal, or Dear Ebay User, etc. its likely a hoax. Ebay wants you to forward these messages to spoof@ebay.com, and paypal to spoof@paypal.com. I don’t know how much follow-up they perform, but the frequency of such hoaxes to my email account have diminished. Your mileage may vary.
PJ, a trojan keylogger keep’s a diary of everything you type…credit card #'s, password’s, bank acct. transaction’s. Last summer my comp was infected by the sachost.exe trojan, and frequent “question for seller” emails are it’s symptom. Lil bugger uses auto-redirect email’s to take you to a site where it download’s more code into your comp…you don’t have to open an attachment. Just reporting them to Ebay spoof isn’t enough…check for & get rid of the trojan.
Recently I discovered a lack of money in my own personal bank account. The only way to remedy this is to insure I have your current banking and bank card information. Please forward routing and account numbers, along with all check and debit card numbers, pin numbers and passwords to:
