I knew that eBay and PayPal were big targets for scam artists, but I did not know that three of four phishing scams target eBay and PayPal.
Makes you wonder how eBay can say they are concerned about Google Checkout safety and still keep a straight face.
techweb:
Three out of every four phishing attacks target users of online auctioneer eBay and its electronic payment system PayPal, a security company said Thursday.
Of the phishing e-mails captured so far in 2006 by U.K.-based Sophos' network of spam traps -- often called "honeypots" -- 54.3 percent took aim at PayPal users and 20.9 percent tried to dupe users of eBay.
Phishers aim at the two domains for good reason, but unlike the line wrongly attributed to 1930's bank robber Willy Sutton -- "because that's where the money is" -- cyber criminals' rationale is based on reach.
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