Oratory Commerce helps you out of Ebay and Paypal Scams

Oratory Commerce offers brilliant ideas on how to make your way out of Ebay and Paypal Scams. Ebay and Paypal used to be one of the most trusted sites so far but it looks like the scams have not spared them too. Ebay, as everyone knows is one of the safest places to buy and sell goods over the net and just like we know it, so do fraudsters, who are ready to do anything for money.

The most prevalent scams from Ebay are the kind which looks like an email sent from Ebay in every sense. Right from the logo and Ebay’s official letterhead, these mails look and sound so very convincing that very rarely do people realise they are fraudulent emails,Known by the name ‘phishing emails’; these mails often direct users to enter details at a fake site whichbears a striking resemblance to the legitimate oneIn the field of computer security, phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit cards details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication

.And in most cases, phishing is typically carried out by IMs or emails. The other arising scam issue is with Paypal. Though Paypal once used to be a secure online payment, today they are prone to the risks arising from common “tab-napping” methods. Tap napping has evolved as an intelligent phishing method which relies on clicking on a dodgy link. “Tap-napping” is basically a criminal activity of stealing an Internet user’s personal information by substituting a fake web page at an inactive tab during an Internet browsing session.

“The Tab-nappers wait for their chance and silently replace the original tab in which the user may have been working on, particularly if they feel relate to a bank account. The culprits replace the original tab with a fake one...” – the Statesmen

“You switch to another tab for a few seconds, and when you return tothe bank’s site it looks exactly like how you left it . So you happily enter your login details and before you know it, you have been tabnapped” – Digitalone

So now just think for yourselves and see if whilst using Ebay and Paypal, you have the habit of leaving it open, returning and taking for granted that the request for confirming details is authentic.If so what must be remembered when it comes to onlinebanking is that just like Paypals and other banks do notify the uses to confirm details, they also log off if the site remains inactive for a couple of minutes.

This exactly is what the fraudster looks forward to. And no one ever thinks this might be false and the sting of the reality never hits unless one checks his/her bank balance.

Oratory UK has designed a simple set of guidelines for those who are looking for ideas, ways and means to protect themselves from online scams.

The first thing any person should keep in mind is that requests for details may not be from who you think it’s from.

• Never open a window tab when dealing with personal data. Only use new windows
• Treat all request for details with suspicion as a some might be fake
• Check the address URL line at the top of the screen to confirm it has an expected address. If it is an important personal data make sure it starts with http://
• Report everything you suspect.

Hence keep your eyes open for phishing mails of any sort. An example would be like the following:

A look into Internet scam issues:

Women have been found to be the most affected when it comes to online scams, according to a recent research. The research also brought out the fact that the age-group that was affected the most was women between the ages 25-34.

The research was carried out with the aim to identify the people who were able to spot as well as respond properly to seven online scam scenarios. Almost 2000 consumers were given tests which ranged from being able to identify sham Facebook pages to checking their response to sale of counterfeit goods online as well as competition scams.

It was found that women who were mostly in the age group of 25-34 were likely to fail in as much as 6 out of the 7 tests. The gender as well as the number also depended on the type of scams and the perfect example for that was that among those who fell for confidence tricks, 53% were men.

The research concluded revealing the fact that with internet scams on the rise anyone who uses the internet (no matter the frequency) could be affected. New tricks, such as pharming, work by redirecting the user's web browser, he said, so that when they type in a legitimate web address, they are redirected without knowing to a bogus site that appears genuine.

"People then happily type in their personal details and don't know they are being scammed before it's too late," it said.

Another risk that online users faced was the risks associated with people letting out too much of personal information on popular social networking sites like Facebook, even quoting this social networking site to be a goldmine for scammers.

The research results saw Oratory’s girls (and boys!) set about upping our security measures, Facebook has been privatized and Twitter is being carefully monitored. Speaking of which, come and say hi and add us as a friend on http://www.facebook.com/oratory.commerce .