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    Posted: 18 May 2006 at 9:12pm
i tryed to log in and got this page *copy* do not ever put in this information in any web page. and dont ever put in anything on a page with grammar and spelling mistakes...


               
We have noticed an increasing fraudulent activity recently. In order to provide your security and protect you from fraudsters we have introduced a new system of identification that will help us to avoid any kind of fraud or unauthorised access.

Please enter as more information as possible to provide your complete identification and to activate all the features of the new system.   

User Information:

First name:
Last name:

Date of Birth:
--Month-- January February March April May June July August September October November December --Day-- 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31    Year   

Social Security Number (US residents only):
- -   

Mother's Maiden Name:


E-mail:



Card Information (ie, ATM, debit, credit card):

Card Number:


Card Expiration Date (mm/yyyy):
-- 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 / -- 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Card CVC2:

(3 or 4 digit Signature Panel Code located on the back of your card)

ATM PIN:


Banking Account information:

Account Number:


Routing Number:





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Nice. Identity theft.
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yea and i tryed to report it but it just sent me in a loop... can anyone try and log in and see if they have this pop up?
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Thats sounds suspscious.
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yea my mom got an email from ebay similar to that a while ago deffitnly a bad thing
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote merc Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 May 2006 at 9:18pm
it wont let me log in unless i enter info and its telling me all fields need to be filled in...i just tryed my name and hit enter and told me to enter more info... then i just started filling it in with random numbers and kept asking for more after the 1st section...
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is there a number to call?

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It lets me login just fine.
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can u report it for me? tell them that someone you know is having a problem? i can send the link (wont work when you click on it) and i can send screen shots?

edit i wasent having problems earlyer but when i tryed to ask a seller a question it started...


Edited by merc - 18 May 2006 at 9:24pm
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Originally posted by merc merc wrote:

can u report it for me? tell them that someone you know is having a problem? i can send the link (wont work when you click on it) and i can send screen shots?

Yeah, give me some screen shots.
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wow its letting me sign in fine now... il post a screen shot though if i got it
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link to page https://signin.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?co_partnerid=2&site id=0&UsingSSL=1

it lasted about 20 mins after trying to ask a question on this auction http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=741609323 2

my user name is carpesignum

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We have noticed an increasing fraudulent activity recently. In order to provide your security and protect you from fraudsters we have introduced a new system of identification that will help us to avoid any kind of fraud or unauthorised access.

Please enter as more information as possible to provide your complete identification and to activate all the features of the new system.   

User Information:   

First name:
Last name:

Date of Birth:
--Month-- January February March April May June July August September October November December --Day-- 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31    Year   

Social Security Number (US residents only):
- -   

Mother's Maiden Name:


E-mail:



Card Information (ie, ATM, debit, credit card):   

Card Number:


Card Expiration Date (mm/yyyy):
-- 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 / -- 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015   

Card CVC2:

(3 or 4 digit Signature Panel Code located on the back of your card)   

ATM PIN:


Banking Account information:   

Account Number:


Routing Number:








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i got an email from special ops paintball in my bulk folder. i thought, cool, a new deal of some kind. so i clicked it. oops. about 15 virus alerts popped up, so i had to clean the computer up but good. dang hackers are getting sneaky. they are getting the names of addresses i trust...
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im trying right now to back up my stuff but it wont let me put anything on the DVDs i have...

i wanna back up about...8 gigs of info and im gunna whipe the rest... mabe il bring over my other HD and hook it up, swap the files, pull it, whipe whats in there, and restore...
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Originally posted by DeTrevni DeTrevni wrote:

i got an email from special ops paintball in my bulk folder. i thought, cool, a new deal of some kind. so i clicked it. oops. about 15 virus alerts popped up, so i had to clean the computer up but good. dang hackers are getting sneaky. they are getting the names of addresses i trust...

Reason 129384857 why not to deal with spec ops.
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Originally posted by Snake6 Snake6 wrote:


Originally posted by DeTrevni DeTrevni wrote:

i got an email from special ops paintball in my bulk folder. i thought, cool, a new deal of some kind. so i clicked it. oops. about 15 virus alerts popped up, so i had to clean the computer up but good. dang hackers are getting sneaky. they are getting the names of addresses i trust...
Reason 129384857 why not to deal with spec ops.


It seems more like it wasn't an official email, but bait for the "OMG P8BALL SNIPERZ" crowd.
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Someone got ahold of the mailing list probably and used that anonymous emailer where you can make any name and domain you want, and put  in Special Ops to be mean.
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wow it even says "ATM PIN" no websites EVER asks for information like that. just that alone says something...
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If you cant tell its a fraud when they tell you to put your Social Security # in, you deserve to me scammed.
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