Re: ebay IDENTITY THEFT

From: Hairy One Kenobi (abuse_at_[127.0.0.1)
Date: 06/06/04

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    "Plompetta" <wiriowq@neibwdwqd.net> wrote in message
    news:c9teae$pp0$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
    >
    > "Bill Unruh" <unruh@string.physics.ubc.ca> wrote in message
    > news:c9t1jc$sin$1@string.physics.ubc.ca...
    > > "Plompetta" <wiriowq@neibwdwqd.net> writes:

    <snip>

    > > In the original email ( whicheveryone gets many a day) the ebay address
    > had
    > > a different address as the actual tag
    > > <A
    > >
    >
    href="httq://mounirhacker.free.fr/ebay/">http://www.ebay.com/accounts/member
    > /avncenter/?dll874432</A>
    > > (Of course the above might well be misread by some people's news readers
    > si
    > > I changed http to httq)
    > >
    > > Thus if your email program supports html tags, it will show the second
    > > address but open thefirst.
    > >
    > >
    > > Now I understand. What makes no sense is why the phisher did not bother
    > to use an IP address or at least hex code the URL.
    >
    > Still suspicious but less so than as above.

    Different skill levels. Note the use of "hacker" in the account name (which
    usually indicates anything but ;o) 

    -- 
Hairy One Kenobi
Disclaimer: the opinions expressed in this opinion do not necessarily
reflect the opinions of the highly-opinionated person expressing the opinion
in the first place. So there!
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