another PSA

[geekchick]

Another attempt at eBay account information theft is going around, just FYI. I got an email today from "aw-confirm@ebay.com" with no subject, telling me my account information couldn't be confirmed and that I should click on a link and log in to update my account information. One of the many, many benefits of having a mail client that does not display HTML at all is that it's obvious immediately that the URLs are not pointing at eBay (it's some weird link through Hotmail with a bunch of encoded stuff I didn't feel quite like deciphering yet). If you get a similar email, make sure to check the headers and where the links are pointing.

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[mactavish.livejournal.com]

I mouse over links before I click so I can check the URLs beforehand.

Thanks for the info. :)

[geekchick]

My client just spews a bunch of bare HTML code at me, so even if I wanted to "click here", I couldn't. =)

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

http://www.livejournal.com/users/femakita/191117.html