Perhaps someone else has shared this info, but just in case...
The poster who suggested never to just reply to emails from such as
eBay and others, asking you to reply to them or click on URLs enclosed
in their email to update your account information, is right on. Back
out, go to the company's real web page and check your account info.
Several active Internet firms have special email addresses to which
they ask recipients of suspicious emails to forward the suspicious
stuff. It helps them in their work to track down frauds and eliminate
them. Below are a few. I think most on-line auction outfits, banks
and credit card companies have similar set-ups; check with yours to
find out. Some sample addresses to which to _forward_ suspicious
emails are
Forward to: spoof@paypal.com
Forward to: spoof@ebay.com
Forward to: fraudmail@earthlink.net
No need to make comments or do more than just forward what you received,
unless you feel such would be helpful. They'll take it from there.
Save this information and get the similar data from Internet groups with
whom you regularly deal.
Lee Munsick
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