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Originally posted by KMR Stitch
Ok,
Here is how it works.
The person sells a car cheap.
SOmeone agrees to buy it =>
They send you a link to "http://escrow.com" WARNING DO NOT CLICK THAT LINK That is a FRAD ESCROW.com
The REAL Link is https://escrow.com
I called up TECH support. And they said it's a brand new scam out right now. That can add a cookie/trojan that will redirect all you escrow.com links from ebay and paypal ect to the FRAUD site.
They can generate an email that looks identical to the Escrow email.
The Site also has a FAKE Help Me Live Support that will say I am sorry sir I can't give out personal info but I can help you with the last transaction. That the seller has made.
REPETE https://escrow.com = LEGIT
http://escrow.com = FRAUD.
BE FUCKING WARNNED.
The email account came from an aol Account. If it's hacked I can't do anything if it's the acutal account from which I doubt I can have fun.
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thanks for the warning. you made me paranoid because I'm about to close a major domain transaction through them today.
but
http://escrow.com isn't a fraud url/site.
Fraud/phishing comes into play when the link text reads
escrow.com or
escrow.com but isn't (highlight the links). of course you're aware of this, but the cookie-angle adds a whole new dimension to the scam.
not to mention countless "fake" escrow services spring up at a rate of 10 per month accdg to authorities. but you make a good point to always log-in through
https:// when visiting escrow.com.
once again, thanks. you made me doublecheck, recheck and call escrow.com to verify my account.