BEWARE OF THIS SCAM.

There will be enormous charges on your card far faster than you can

say

"IDENTITY THEFT"

Paul Lamar

Yeah, Paul, I got a similar but slightly different message last week

that

told me my credit info was not up-to-date and that I faced service
termination in five days unless I updated my credit card data. There was

a

blue link in the message. I pressed it and noticed that the URL was an

IP

address and that the URL said nothing about Earthlink. However,

everything

else in both the first and second messages was perfect

Earthlink--colors,

font, logo, etc. The obligatory assurance that my data was 128 bit

encrypted

was there too.

I went to the Earthlink website--the real one--and made sure my credit

card

data was right. The scamster was lucky in my case because my credit card

was

due to expire in three months and I supposed that was what "Earthlink"

was

concerned about.

But because I was suspicious, I forwarded the original message to

Earthlink

and they confirmed that it was a scam. If you put in your credit card

data,

you can kiss that credit card goodbye before you can say "identity

theft."

Barry Gardner
Wheaton, IL

Harrison Young wrote:

This same scam made the rounds on ebay a couple of months back. They had
actually copied the ebay html page, complete with legitimate links to ebay,
but had added a button which directed you to the scam site if you pushed it.
It asked for much more than credit card info. If you gave them everything
they asked for, they could be you in just about every aspect of life!

Harrison Young

BTW Harrison I still have not found a resolver that fits. Next step it to take
it apart and see if I can see what is wrong.

Paul Lamar
 
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