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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

eBay phishing

A message allegedly from Safeharbor Department, eBay Inc, advised me my eBay account was suspended because "your account is associated with the following suspended account: cwpvt10070in" (a suspended user). As I have never visited eBay, I am puzzled. George Katritzky

eBay and its payment subsidiary, PayPal, are commonly used in "phishing" attacks: in other words, the use of faked emails to lure users to faked eBay or PayPal pages where their names and passwords can be collected for criminal purposes. Your "allegedly" suggests this is what you suspect. Users who are particularly concerned about this kind of attack can download a free anti-phishing toolbar from Netcraft (http://toolbar.netcraft.com/). It works with Internet Explorer on Windows 2000/XP, or with Firefox.

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