received eBay phfishing scam, any RR policy that I should follow?

[Scott Lindner]

I just received a suspicious email. I checked into it and found a website
that describes it as a phfishing scam. Sure enough, the URL in the email
seemed valid but the real URL was to another site. This is the website that
describes the details of this scam:
http://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/alerts/0505/pages/050503_10033_ebay.shtml

One question I have. Does RR have a policy that requests that I report
these things or do I just let it go?

Scott

[Damian]

Post by Scott Lindner
I just received a suspicious email. I checked into it and found a
website that describes it as a phfishing scam. Sure enough, the URL
in the email seemed valid but the real URL was to another site. This
http://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/alerts/0505/pages/050503_10033_ebay.shtml
One question I have. Does RR have a policy that requests that I
report these things or do I just let it go?

It probably originated from RR.

[Frank ess]

Post by Damian

Post by Scott Lindner
I just received a suspicious email. I checked into it and found a
website that describes it as a phfishing scam. Sure enough, the URL
in the email seemed valid but the real URL was to another site.
This
http://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/alerts/0505/pages/050503_10033_ebay.shtml
One question I have. Does RR have a policy that requests that I
report these things or do I just let it go?

It probably originated from RR.

Let me say at the outset that nothing you can do will help, because
you will not be the first to receive or report it, but you might want
to follow my procedure for dealing with Phishy email:

Don't open it; in Outlook Express,
Highlight the message
Right click and select
Properties
Details
Message Source
Right click and select
Select All
Copy

Close, Cancel
With the message still highlighted, select
Forward
Cursor to the bottom of the displayed message
Draw a demarcation line (I use = = =)
Ctrl-V to paste the message Source into the message

Address the forwarded message to spoof@(whichever company they are
spoofing)
e.g., ***@ebay.com, ***@paypal.com

Send.

As I say, it probably won't do anything important to the spoofer, but
I always get a feeling of worthwhileness when Mr PayPal or Mr eBay
sends me a "thanks" message complete with links to useful information
about bad email, and tips about who not to answer.

I get to do this about three times a day. (big eBay and PayPal user,
me)