John DeCarlo sez: > >I would call them and talk to a human. Tell them you think you were the >victim of a phishing attack and to stop activity on your account until you >confirm you can get back in. > >Don't rely on anything else, not email, nothing. > >And ask them to check for activity, you will almost certainly be >unpleasantly surprised. >
Yes. Never, EVER answer email from eBay, PayPal, a bank, or any other institution that you do business through. The majority of these places have messages within their sites. Always log on through a secure connection in your web browser -- using your own links and NOT the ones provided in the email -- and see if there is a copy of the email you received in your message box. 99% of the time, there will be none. No legitimate (or even semi-legitimate) business will contact you through email concerning account and other private information. You may receive a notice asking you to log on and confirm things, but if so, you do so through your own link and not any link provided in the email and you should find a copy of the message in any messages their system has. If there is no copy or there is no messaging system in the site, call them and talk to a human if the request is bothering you. I just ignore them if I log on and see everything is in order. -- Michael Lewis Off Balance Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.offbalance.com ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
