"Robert Casey" wrote in message
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One way to spot a fhilshing site is to use an
incorrect password for your account. If it's a
legit site, it should complain. If it's a fake,
it won't know that the password is wrong. *Unless*
the site is trying that password right then and there
at the legit site.... SO better not use this method.


E-Bay does send out e-mails..... BUT they won't ask for your info MOST of
the time, unless there is truly a problem. The one SURE FIRE METHOD to know
if you're talking to E-BAY and not some spoof site, is to have gone to
www.ebay.com and entered it into your favorites and enter the site from
there to do any business, NOT from any e-mail.

IF you are suspicious about any e-mail stating it is from E-Bay, then you
can send it to and they will check it and let you know if it
is legit or not. IF it is not legit, you'll know pretty quick. IF it IS
legit, they'll tell you that too, and what to do about it.

I would NEVER EVER enter any info into an e-mail "stating" it is from E-Bay.
There are too many shams running out there which mimic E-Bay and "look"
legitimate. What I did find though once when I went to reply to the ass
holes who sent a similar message as I knew it was fake, was a name came up
on the screen. They had a Yahoo address. I forwarded the message to E-Bay at
the spoof address as mentioned. I do with all others as well.

The operative word here is ASSUME. NEVER ASSUME the messages you may get
"are" from E-Bay. In this day and age, you have to be very on the ball with
where you plug in your information. One of the biggest lines the scammers
use, is your account will be deleted or some such wording unless you do this
or that - asking for information. THAT IS A MAJOR TIP OFF.

Lou