eBay spoofed URL, latest Opera browser doesn’t let you know by default
These people just won’t stop. I just got another good looking, legit looking, well-crafted but spoofed eBay email (screenshot below).
So, I clicked on the link, opened up my Firefox and tada… popped out a web forgery warning. Again.
Had I been using IE6 or the latest Opera browser (see screenshot), it wouldn’t let me know initially that I am already falling for a trap. Ugnh!
Opera has been bragging that it’s “The coolest, fastest, and most secure free Web browser available”. Opera’s fraud detection isn’t enabled by default. You have to go to settings to enable it. How? Here watch this demo.
Shouldn’t you guys simply enable it by default?
Ok, if this happens to you, what do you do?
Report these kind of sites to Phishtank and if it’s an eBay related email, forward the spoof email to spoof[at]ebay.com.
Lastly, don’t use IE6 and a not-enabled fraud detection Opera browser. For your sake, use Firefox 2.x and be sure to always update it.
Better safe than sorry.
–aj
September 6th, 2007 at 10:25 am
That’s why I love my Firefox! Hehe
Thanks for the heads-up.