Ebay warning

Big Mike Simpson · December 11th, 2006, 02:58 AM

DO NOT CLICK ON THESE LINKS

When making this search for Telecaster guitars... (one of my saved searches)
Home> Buy> Musical Instruments> Guitar> Electric> Fender> Telecaster

http://instruments.listings.ebay.com...istingItemList

This ad was in the middle of the page all of the ads you normally see on an ebay search page came up with a girl in a suggestive gallery picture... So I clicked on it... Teles and...girls... NOT

http://cgi.ebay.com/ONLINE-FREE-GIER...QQcmdZViewItem

The page shows for a second and then automatically forwards (browser redirect) to this page below that looks like an ebay page but the URL is not ebay where they try to get the Ebay user to sign in but it is not Ebay

http://assistantdirectors.com/Galler...e=STRK:ME:LNLK

All of this occurred from an actual ebay ad that has malicious HTML included in the ad to redirect you to a site and steal your logon info... not from a spoof email. I reported it and it's been pulled but be careful and always login by clicking on the link to "my ebay" not in a screen that pops up.

JohnnyCrash · December 11th, 2006, 03:14 AM

Yeah, I've seen those too.

Anytime you're asked to enter your password just for looking at something and then being redirected is a little weird :)

Ah, boobies, the magical "bait". They're master baiters those fraud guys.

The good news is those "auctions" are usually pulled by eBay very quickly. Most within 2 minutes.

December 11th, 2006, 02:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
Big Mike Simpson Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Gilbert, AZ (PHX) Age: 52 Posts: 1,502 62 Photos	Ebay warning DO NOT CLICK ON THESE LINKS When making this search for Telecaster guitars... (one of my saved searches) Home> Buy> Musical Instruments> Guitar> Electric> Fender> Telecaster http://instruments.listings.ebay.com...istingItemList This ad was in the middle of the page all of the ads you normally see on an ebay search page came up with a girl in a suggestive gallery picture... So I clicked on it... Teles and...girls... NOT http://cgi.ebay.com/ONLINE-FREE-GIER...QQcmdZViewItem The page shows for a second and then automatically forwards (browser redirect) to this page below that looks like an ebay page but the URL is not ebay where they try to get the Ebay user to sign in but it is not Ebay http://assistantdirectors.com/Galler...e=STRK:ME:LNLK All of this occurred from an actual ebay ad that has malicious HTML included in the ad to redirect you to a site and steal your logon info... not from a spoof email. I reported it and it's been pulled but be careful and always login by clicking on the link to "my ebay" not in a screen that pops up. __________________ http://www.myspace.com/bigmikesimpson

December 11th, 2006, 03:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
JohnnyCrash Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lost Angeles and Orange County Posts: 7,128	Yeah, I've seen those too. Anytime you're asked to enter your password just for looking at something and then being redirected is a little weird :) Ah, boobies, the magical "bait". They're master baiters those fraud guys. The good news is those "auctions" are usually pulled by eBay very quickly. Most within 2 minutes.