I read a news article recently that a guy had fallen victim to a scam when he bought a car from a website that looks exactly like eBay. Apparently, this guy does not know that he has landed on a deceptive fake eBay site and actually made a purchase.
I also read that he is not the only person to fall victim to such a fraud, though I am uncertain if these victims have used the same fake eBay site or different.
This is pretty scary but I think that this guy is lucky in the sense that he only lost the amount that he sent out and that his online banking particulars have not been compromised.
One way to prevent something like this from happening is to use browsers that have safe filter that would alert us if we accidentally accessed a malicious website. Firefox and the new Internet Explorer 8 have such filters.
I also read that he is not the only person to fall victim to such a fraud, though I am uncertain if these victims have used the same fake eBay site or different.
This is pretty scary but I think that this guy is lucky in the sense that he only lost the amount that he sent out and that his online banking particulars have not been compromised.
One way to prevent something like this from happening is to use browsers that have safe filter that would alert us if we accidentally accessed a malicious website. Firefox and the new Internet Explorer 8 have such filters.
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