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!!!!BASTARDS!!!!
Fell for a spoof a while ago, got emailed this morning by loads of users asking about an item for the tickets for superbowl:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBay[....]336294&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT
So i have just got my account retrived, password changed, listings ended...i still have to pay fees, but could have been 10 x worse!!
so watch out guys, it DOES happen, be safe!!
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Posted: 2005-10-30 22:08:49
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B'stards
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Posted: 2005-10-30 22:10:01
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Scum
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Posted: 2005-10-30 22:14:35
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well thats totally uncool.
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Posted: 2005-10-30 22:18:17
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Happened to me as well a year ago.
They changed my account details and password
Turned out it was someone in France that hacked mine
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Posted: 2005-10-30 22:18:30
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It seems like quite a common thing it happend to a friend of mine it was traced back to some 1 in america he tried to sell a bulk load of various mobiles
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Posted: 2005-10-30 22:23:52
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i wouldn't call it hacked though.
It's called phishing, where people get you to give your details by social engineering.
Hacking is something totally different.
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Posted: 2005-10-30 22:37:05
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ye it was gadget show few days ago
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Posted: 2005-10-30 22:48:50
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Phishing scams are still not known about by majority of population.
Sad, must be why they are so popular with criminals.
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Posted: 2005-10-30 23:20:39
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thats a bit gay isnt it, the question is how did they get your password? Hope you didnt reply to tone of those fake emails lol
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Posted: 2005-10-31 09:12:46
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