More and more scams are out there, and the current thing is to design these web sites which are impossible to tell from the real ones. If you receive mail from any of them, asking for personal information, do not respond. Some are coming from AOL, banks, department stores etc. and they want credit card numbers or other such data and say you must update, or your account will be dropped. No legitimate company is going to do this. If in doubt, phone them to be sure. We received notice last week of fake e-mail that had come out allegedly from SBC Yahoo, parent company for Prodigy. Entirely unrelated to computers, I will pass along something that is happening in the Phoenix area. Cars are being broken into expressly for the purpose of stealing the registration as it generally contains social security numbers. This is being used for identity theft. No doubt this is going on in many parts of the country, so avoid carrying that information in your car if you possibly can. If at all possible, do not have your S.S. number on your driver's license either. Also, with the cell phones that can take pictures--they say be aware of your surroundings when you write checks or use credit cards in the stores because people can use those phones to steal info. as well. Karen -----Original Message----- From: June E. Hulit [mailto:kerryoh@sssnet.com] Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 3:43 PM To: OHDARKE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OHDARKE] Fake eBay???? JeanH writes: ......Oh, that fake eBay has sent me a third request for personal info. Thank you. jeanh Okay --- there is lots of "internet" stuffs out there to take advantage of us.....but please fill me in --- what fake eBay??? How does one tell it is fake? June E. Hulit kerryoh@sssnet.com Wooster, OH --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.574 / Virus Database: 364 - Release Date: 1/29/04