| While organisations such as eBay and Paypal are | | | | disguised, hidden or different from the anchor text is |
| attempting to stop fraudsters sending out phishing | | | | highlighted by the mailscanner script as a possible |
| emails, the reality is they are losing the battle. | | | | phishing attack. Therefore you always are aware of |
| Phishers are a growing problem, with no signs of | | | | what your clicking on before you visit any sites |
| slowing down. There are a few things you can do, to | | | | contained within the emails. If you are receiving |
| ensure your not a victim of a phishering attack. | | | | emails though your own hosting account, as oppose |
| 1) Always check who the email is addressed to. | | | | to though a web based account (yahoo or gmail for |
| Most phishing emails are not addressed to you | | | | instance) ask your host if they support mailscanner. |
| personally so this should be the first thing to look for. | | | | 4) PhishFighting is an ingenious site that turns things |
| Remember that eBay and Paypal emails always | | | | around on the fraudster. The site was setup to flood |
| include your real name in emails. Fraudsters who send | | | | phishering sites with fake information, both |
| the emails do not include this, because the majority | | | | usernames and passwords. When you receive your |
| of the time they don't know who they are sending | | | | next spoof email simply visit the site and enter the |
| the emails to. | | | | web address of the phishering site into Every twenty |
| 2) Use a devoted email address | | | | seconds, a fake entry is submitted to the site |
| By using a devoted email address for eBay and | | | | making any genuine details of victims hidden between |
| Paypal you'll know immediately that any emails sent | | | | the hundreds of fake entries. |
| to other email accounts are phishing emails. If possible | | | | 5) Forward Emails |
| do not include the email address in any of your ebay | | | | Forward any suspicious emails to or and the relevant |
| listings, as the more visibility your email address gets, | | | | department will attempt to get the phishing site shut |
| the more likely it is for the phishers will find it out and | | | | down. This is normally done, by eBay contacting the |
| you'll receive on of their messages. Phishers regular | | | | datacenter where the phishing site is hosted & |
| view the eBay sites to collect the email addresses of | | | | asking them to remove it. |
| users. | | | | Overall, stay alert and do not respond to emails in a |
| 3) Mailscanner | | | | hurry as this is when your most likely to be caught |
| Mailscanner is a script installed by hosts that protects | | | | off guard. Stop and examine them to ensure they |
| against viruses from the server. One major | | | | are genuine first. Additionally, any emails which are |
| advantage of mailscanner is it includes anti-phishing | | | | genuinely from eBay will always appear in your |
| measures. Any url contained with an email which is | | | | messages folder within My eBay. |