You seriously fell for a phishing scam? I thought everybody knew about that scam by now...

I guess that I am really dumb. My wife had the same reaction as you.

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I wouldn't say you were dumb, maybe just got other things on your mind. I think it's like speed cameras, you know where they are but every now and then if you're mind is on other things you forget.

If these scams didn't work then they wouldn't bother trying. Unfortunately they do work as your example shows. Hope you get it sorted.

You should NEVER click on a link in an email that asks for you to change your password.

If it's necessary that you need to change it, go to the official website, don't click on the email link.

I would have never clicked on a link from an email. Always log into your accounts if there is an issue you need to take care of.

Since your bank is aware of it, it should just be a matter of closing one account and opening a new one. Pain in the butt, I know, but better than being robbed.

Sadly, this sort of thing has become more common. Have not bought a single web site from flippa this year. Still remember how great they were as site point years ago. Ah, the sweet memories. Well, what I can tell you is that you will be more careful from now on.

most scams come from romania unfortunately,dont beat yourself up about it just sort it out and move on its a well learnt lesson.
regards
vivi62

"Scammed at Flippa"
That headline keeps popping up time and time again,
doesn't look like the owners care much either.

As far as phishing scam, i am extremely vigilant but i almost fell
for one the other day. My mind was elsewhere when i clicked on the link
but thankfully i recovered in time...

Yeah like every website for the most part will say-- They will never asked for your password through any type of email correspondence. Good luck sorry it happened!

Let this be a lesson to you.

Do some research before you do anything.

Maybe this would be a good time for your to Google "common internet scams" or something to that sort and go through them - just for future reference.

Happens once - shame on them, it happens twice - shame on you.

PS.. I meant to go through them and study them - not really "go through them" haha.

The more time I spend reading your replies, the more I think that it is amazing how big of a sucker I was. Luckily no real damage was done and my accounts are now OK.

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I dont get the scammed at flippa part?

Can't avoid encountering tons of scams these days, still, its best for you to have general knowledge regarding their modus operandi to avoid falling into unpleasant situations. My mom almost got tricked by these type of scams,twice.. good thing she sought my opinion first. Just have to very vigilant when it comes to these type of things.. seriously, being robbed is one of the last thing you would ever want to go through. Good thing not much damage had been done, except for the headaches it caused, I suppose.

Whatever were you thinking of :confused:

"It looked like it came from the bank"

Sorry to say you are serious security risk to your computer.


Banks never email you for details about anything to do with account info.

HSBC has never sent me an email in 8 years. All correspondence comes by mail or within my online account

Advise you read up on keeping safe online.

starting with...
Don't open emails from people you don't know,
NEVER open an attachment or click a link from the same
Permanently delete anything suspicious
Always report phishing emails from financial institutions (helps everyone)

If it's from Paypal make sure it is. Check the header.

I guess you learned the hard way, hope you didn't lose too much.

From a certain, "criminal mind" point of view this is quite genius.

Because via Flippa he got your email.
You initiated a major purchase, and then you wait for the sale to go through, nothing happens, etc.
He now also has your bank information.
You get nervous about the flippa transaction and your money.
All of a sudden, a scam email arrives telling you about problems with your bank etc..and you are already all worked up, distracted etc. and want to solve the problem with the flippa transaction.

The "genius" part here is that you get scammed twice, because usually such phishing emails arrive randomly and unexpected...but here you not only potentially lost the money you paid for the "site"...but in addition you get lured into resolving your "problem" via this email "from the bank" since you more or less would expect such an email.

Yes, you were naive since you clicked..but i think that scam is rather elaborate in how its done.

NEVER ever click on an unknown link.

I get a lot of phishing scam emails (from banks and from Paypal). I never click on them though, well, I did once just to test my spyware program and it did catch it. All sorts of red pop up warnings appeared saying do not proceed to the site.

Your bank will NEVER ask for your password via email. Any messages from my bank require me to log on to the bank website and go to the secure inbox.

The BEST thing is to get the SOURCE email and cut and past the link from the email ONLY if it is just a normal domain prefixed by https:

So it should be like:

https://bnkname.bankstld

bnkname.bankstld should NOT have an :,?,&,; or a misplaced period. And it MUST be https://

If a mistake is made, you should get a cert error. If you do, ****ABORT****!

A FAVORITE in phishing is to use a @ which triggers a bug that last I heard was STILL not fixed. They make it LOOK like you are going to the right URL when you go someone else. ALSO, they may do things like go to bankofamerica.co.uk or bankofamerica.fish.com. They RARELY use https://! The emails should be targeted towards YOU by NAME! OH, the source email should show the primary sender as the BANK! The "from" location is really just a comment. Once it gets past the first computer, it is all but WORTHLESS! The primary sending IP should be associated with the bank! If the "from" says bank of america, and the primary sender says "comcast", you KNOW someone sent it over a TV cable connection, and it was NOT sent from bank of america.

Some banks now have two pass logins! For bank of america, for example, you must enter your username and location of the bank. It then checks to see if your computer is registered. If your computer is NOT registered, you must register it, which requires giving it a code that they give you through other channels. If your computer is registered, they give you a picture that you gave them earlier. THEN you must enter the password. If the picture is wrong, it may mean they are NOT bank of america!

If you keep all this in mind, you can avoid most phishing, and STILL not miss things.

Steve

Question about Phishing:

Can just clicking on a link in an email do damage? Or does it take actively handing over sensitive information and/or downloading malicious software?

Yeah,me too done the same without the knowledge,I got a mail form My bank to change the user id and pwd,I thought that it would from my bank,But it's a pishing mail programmed to hake the user control of that account, I lost Around $231.I have filed a complaint regarding this but no use still.

Ouch!!

Hope you get it sorted out OP. Phishing scams are all over the place, thats why I never click on any link coming from institutions, especially banks...

Just remember he's the vicitm here....

GeorgeR has got what I was saying. This scam caused me a lot of trouble and I wish I wasn't so naive but, I think this guy was a genius because I checked the feedback from Flippa on this seller yesterday and he got someone else. The new guy bought before I got my feedback in so he didn't know either.

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