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Did you know that in 2004 57 million Internet users were targeted by spoof emails?
On average about 5%of these targets fell victims to the fraud.
Spoofs
In an email message, an intruder can easily fabricate where they came from. But this information forging – called spoofing by intruders and security professionals – is not limited to just email. In fact, the basic unit of information transferred on the Internet – called a packet – can also be easily forged or spoofed.
If you are a victim
Call your Credit Card company and tell them that your account may be compromised (do everything that they tell you to do). If you had more than one card registered with the sites involved, you will have to call each and every one of them.
Call your bank tell them that your account details may have been compromised and how this occurred (do everything that they ask you to).
Change passwords on the relevant sites. If you cannot log into your accounts then the fraudsters may have already changed the passwords, go to the next step...
Email the web sites involved for eBay - spoof@ebay.com; and for PayPal. Not only should you tell them that your account may have been compromised, but you should also include the header and email which led to the problem. Important: the spoof email should be forwarded to spoof@ebay.com and not sent, that way they will get the full header and email, and you can still include a message.
Make a report to the Police (yes, even though it is a long winded and frustratingly time consuming process).
Cyber-crime worse than burglary
One in three people in Britain has been a victim of cyber-theft
Email "Spamming" and Email "Spoofing" Guide by London School of Economics
Microsoft’s guide to spoof and Phishing email
Spot email Spoofs guide by EBay
The Spoofs page
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Spot fake PayPal emails
Fake emails are getting more sophisticated. Phishing for you card details resulting in your identity theft catches out around 5 percent of readers.
The sender is a shark involved in criminal activity just don't take the bait!
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Recent Activity 28th December 2008
The message title was Security of individual customer information.
Phishing with possible Identity Theft
