Gmail Blocks Fake eBay & PayPal Emails
I’m not sure if you know, PayPal and eBay are two of the most common brands used in online scams.
Many people, especially newbies click on links in emails and entered their account information without realizing it is a scam.
These emails usually say that your account will be locked if you do not update your passwords. And newbies tend to get panic with it, fearing their hard earned money will be gone!
I nearly got scammed once myself.
Last October, Yahoo announced that it was protecting Yahoo Mail users with eBay and PayPal accounts from phishing. That’s certainly good news. In fact, Yahoo is one of my mailbox that get flooded with many emails from unknown sources.
Google now said it is now using an e-mail authentication technology to keep phishers from luring Gmail users to fake eBay and PayPal Web pages in order to steal usernames and passwords. That’s certainly a welcoming news.
According to CNET,
The technology, DomainKeys, uses cryptography to verify the domain of the sender of an e-mail. It allows e-mail providers to validate the domain from which an e-mail originates, and it enables easier detection of phishing attempts by helping identify abusive domains.
Hopefully these really put the scams eMails out. But it’s always safer to educate yourself about it than be sorry. Take a Spoof Email Tutorial here.
Thanks for this information. I too almost got ripped off by a spammer once and this move by google is very good indeed.
I always avoid giving my personal and credit card info online as I ‘ve been ripped a coupl of yeasrs ago
That’s good news to hear - although I also get those fake “notifcation of payment” emails into my account. While I know they’re fake, they’re more of a pain than anything else