http://www.silicon.com Results for ebay scam en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39168691,00.htm Blocking the scam emails before they hit in-boxes should cut down on the problem. is upgrading its Mail system with DomainKeys technology, to block phishing spam and other fraudulent emails that look like they come from eBay and PayPal but don't. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:47:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39167621,00.htm That's 'good news' in the loosest sense if you happen to be among the two per cent of people who have fallen victim to a phishing scam. Phishing involves the sending of fraudulent emails which ape the branding of well known companies - most... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:04:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39163887,00.htm A typical skimming scam, involves fraudsters attaching a device to the entry slot of the cash machine to record the details of the card's magnetic strips as they are inserted into the machine. Typical phishing scams rely on a spoofed website, made... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:20:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39159700,00.htm PayPal has fixed a flaw in its website to block a sophisticated scam designed to obtain sensitive data from members, the payment service said on Friday. The company has no information on how many people may have fallen victim to the scam, she said. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:25:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/gambling/0,3800010160,39158950,00.htm Last week Betfair Poker issued a statement to users of its site warning of a social engineering scam which attempted to direct users to a site that would drop a Trojan onto their computer - effectively surrendering control of the PC to an unknown... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 17 May 2006 13:20:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39157786,00.htm Speaking at the E-Crime Congress in London last week, Bernhard Otupal, a crime intelligence officer for high-tech crime at Interpol, said consumers are not only still falling for this kind scam in large numbers but they're even making matters... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 03 Apr 2006 11:35:03 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39128694,00.htm But with cross-site scripting, people are more likely to fall for the scam, because the URL actually belongs to a real business. The scam involved a phishing email that exploited a scripting program on the bank's website to build an imitation site... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:35:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39126835,00.htm According to a report from online privacy watchdog Truste, seven out of 10 people who go online have received phishing emails, and 15 per cent of those have been duped into providing personal information.eBay has been assertive in fighting scam... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 05 Jan 2005 08:05:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39126705,00.htm People continue to fall for scams such as the Nigerian 419 scam and the Dutch National Lottery emails. No oddball lots on eBay this week Even in the slowest of news weeks there will always be somebody selling an item on eBay that hits the pages of... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:40:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39123993,00.htm Now the scammers have caught on and are using the Gmail allure for a phishing scam to harvest email addresses and passwords. The currently invite-only service has even provoked people trying to sell their Gmail addresses on eBay. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:20:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/ecrime/0,3800011283,39121691,00.htm The scam will be emailed out to large lists of people asking them to confirm their eBay or QXL account details for example, because the database is being cleaned up, or some such excuse. The most obvious issue is that people who are falling for... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 25 Jun 2004 17:25:32 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39121403,00.htm At the age of 17, he was found by the authorities to be involved in another internet scam - taking over $1m off punters to use in online betting after telling them he had tips that 'couldn't lose'. A US teenager has been fined and sentenced to time... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 16 Jun 2004 11:35:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/thespamreport/0,39025001,39120921,00.htm Phishing is an internet scam where official-looking emails attempt to fool users into disclosing online passwords, user names and other personal information. This was illustrated by the Anti-Phishing Working Group's report, which found that eBay... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 26 May 2004 09:20:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/protectingid/0,3800002220,39119420,00.htm Phishing is an internet scam in which unsuspecting users receive official-looking emails that attempt to fool them into disclosing online passwords, user names and other personal information such as bank details. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 23 Mar 2004 07:55:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39118524,00.htm It's possible, using roughly the same tools as the phishing scam, to scupper someone's mobile. All it takes is a laptop with Bluetooth, a premium rate phone line and some nifty social engineering to carry out some profitable scamming that would... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 20 Feb 2004 12:15:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39118209,00.htm According to Jevans, the phishers are primarily after credit card information, so a typical scam email would tell the user that their credit card had expired or that the company was having a billing problem and needed the user to update their... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 05 Feb 2004 15:35:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39118197,00.htm The software giant made the change to stop scam artists from constructing URLs that appeared to link to a legitimate website but actually directed people to a fraudulent site. The fake site will typically ask for a person's username and password... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 05 Feb 2004 07:35:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39117828,00.htm The virus arrives via an email, which is thought to have been distributed through the usual spamming channels, that purports to come from eBay's online-payment service, with the subject "PAYPAL.COM NEW YEAR OFFER". editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 16 Jan 2004 15:30:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39117343,00.htm However, users who fall for the scam and hand over the account details are often the dupes in fraudulent scams - such as people claiming to sell items they don't really have. Internet auction pioneer, eBay has refused to refund defrauded customers... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:40:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39117012,00.htm The case represents the biggest conviction for the UK's cybercrime police, The National Hi-Tech Crime unit (NHTCU), which was alerted to the scam by LloydsTSB. This was followed last week by a new variant of the Mimail worm that carried the PayPal... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:20:01 +0000