[PRCo] Re: SPAM WARNING FROM eBAY

[Fredbruhn at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/25/03 7:24:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
johnfbromley at rogers.com writes:

<< FYI there are some eMail messages being sent, purportedly from eBay and 
including their copyrighted logo, that claim it's a security check and asks 
the recipient to type  >>

Yes, as John reports, the logo looks like the ebay logo but the capital 
letter is changed.  I got it, and as soon as they asked for pass word I 
stopped, being a bit nosey they also wanted credit cards used for ebay, etc.  
They found me since my aol id was used for ebay too. 

However my wife somehow (who knows better) entered something that triggered 
the span or virus and several hundred messages were sent out instantly.  Both 
ebay and AOL shut us down which is their alarm when massive numbers are sent 
all at once.

We had to contact each and after getting back on they looked at my ebay id 
and saw it was my aol identity.  They have found most of the problem is with 
folks like me where they can get into your aol via your id from bidding on 
ebay.  I was advised to change my ebay to some combination of alphas and 
numerics which I did and to change this now and then to reduce the risk.

the other Fred