eBay paid item scam

I got an e-mail a few minutes ago from some scammer pretending to be eBay, claimed that some user 1bencogroup1 had already paid for an item. I have not sold anything on eBay in well over a year or two, so I don't know how in the hell anyone could have already paid for an item. These guys are scammers trying to get you to click on the link in their e-mail so they can steal your information. DO NOT CLICK LINKS in e-mails. Go open a new browser window and type in the eBay url (http://www.ebay.com) and sign in there - nowhere else, not even via link here, open a NEW browser window and enter URL manually and log in there. If you really do have any disputes you WILL see it as soon as you log in. If you don't see any notice about a dispute you can be sure the e-mail is a scam artist trying to see if they can catch you and steal your log in information.

Phishing for PayPal

These guys are on a phishing expedition and I'm not biting. Their link went to something like paylplop or something, which I did not visit of course. I sent their message to the proper authorities; PayPal's security folks at spoof@paypal.com

If you get a message from a site like PayPal never click on the link in the e-mail, open a new browser window and visit the site as you normally would. DO NOT enter the link that the e-mail would take you to.

Most sites will tell you what to do with fake e-mails. If you want to report the e-mails the site will tell you how to do that. For PayPal you forward the e-mail to spoof@paypal.com then delete the copy in your inbox, if your computer saves outgoing mail I suggest also deleting the one in your outbox as well. Just to be safe. Here is what the phishing mail I got looked like - hyperlink disabled by me.

Subject: New Message
Sender: PayPal
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You have 1 new Security Message Alert!


Please visit the Resolution Center to resolve the problem.


Thank you for using PayPal!

The PayPal Team
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