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eBay Bid Cancellation Notice - Item 200351371549 - Phishing fraud
Submitted by Clemens on Sat, 27/06/2009 - 10:38
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Send to friendEBay traders should not let haste get in the way of sound judgement and discernment because they will get caught with their pants down. Clever social engineering by these phishing scammers is likely to 'push that button' again to the tune of millions of dollars per year.
But a WHOIS on the home domain of these scammers ( callofthetrees.com ) IMO reflects not only on the reputation of the (hidden) owners of callofthetrees.com and their hosting provider but maybe more so on the reputation some big internet vendors too: Domains by Proxy, Inc (registrant) and GoDaddy.com (Registrar). What are Domains by Proxy, Inc and GoDaddy.com doing to clean up their act?
Maybe we should all e-mail info@callofthetrees.com to let them know their web site has been compromised.
WHOIS info below scam page.
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Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: CALLOFTHETREES.COM
Created on: 13-Oct-05
Expires on: 13-Oct-10
Last Updated on: 15-Jul-08
Administrative Contact:
Private, Registration CALLOFTHETREES.COM@domainsbyproxy.com
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
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15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
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Re: eBay Bid Cancellation Notice - Item 200351371549 - ...
My mother gets emails like this all the time and asks me of they are legitimate i just tell her if shes made no transaction with the seller/buyer to ignore and delte them. I've stopped using ebay for big items now that i'm part of the blair rewards program and getting discounts on all my big purchases
Phishing e-mails
Any legitimate e-mail message from eBay should also have a copy in your "my messages" in your eBay account. You should not open any eBay message from your e-mail account, but from your eBay account.
This way, you won't get tricked by some of these phishing e-mails. I have saved over 300 phishing e-mails I have received about both eBay and PayPal.
It's not a good idea to open any of these e-mails because the spammer who sent them may be tracking openings, clicks, etc. for their spams, and you may receive many more if you have opened any more especially if you have clicked on any links in them.