Fraud alert

[Steve]

Received a "spoof" this morning, with a realistic eBay-like format, asking for "account confirmation" information--ebay and email passwords, etc.

You should forward similar garbage to ***email address removed***.

(Yes, this may be the wrong forum for this warning, but at least you're reading it.)

[Len Sawisch]

As a matter of principle, I did not read this, so I won't thank Steve for the heads up.

[Brian F.]

Besides the fake ebay and paypal emails, I've been getting some very realistic looking html type emails from various "companies" that have made themselves look like legitimate communications from one of my credit card companies, a mortgage company I used to go through, and some others. They never fail to ask for personal info or at the very least, your user name and log in password to "update" your account.

I can see how easy it is to fool someone by doing this. Just remember that just about every company will never do anything like that through email communication and that they will always require you to log in securely on your browser through their website (or at least thats what they say on their websites).

Please be careful.

[SWIM JIG]

Yup, so is Yahoo , spoof messages are being sent like a forign place is attempting to acces the acount, a givaway is when it says dont respond to email as a return wont be given etc, I return email and ask them what my mothers maden naw is, that generaly ends the crap heads! Wonder if it weill ever stop! Mqybe a few nasty leters to E BAY, Yahoo and pay pal will help? and to these darn mortgage places? nuf on this before I get vexed to the point of profanity! Col. M. lorens