Saturday, November 7, 2009

I clicked a link in an "ebay" email; however, it was detected as a possible phishing site. Please help!

When I got to this site, it looked exactly like an ebay site and asked me to log in. Since the security enabler popped up, I chose not to enter in any information. Am I in trouble or did I make myself any more vulnerable by just clicking the link?

I clicked a link in an "ebay" email; however, it was detected as a possible phishing site. Please help!
Just to be safe, change your password, soonest. It is unlikely you gave them anything they can use, but still, better to be safe than sorry. Why on Earth did you click on a link in an email which said it was from Ebay? You can right click on the link, copy it and then open notepad and paste it in to see exactly where it was sending you. Just because a link SAYS it is Ebay, does not mean it IS Ebay. When Ebay sends an email, it always has both your user ID and real name that you have on file sent only to the one email address you have verified with them. Any other combination is faked.
Reply:most likely you are safe as long as you did not try to log on to this website.





If you are still worried, you can report it to ebay and also change your ebay password.
Reply:LOL! I get those all the time.





Just don't enter your name and password and you will be safe!
Reply:As long as you didn't put any information into it, you're most likely fine


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