I've almost been scammed...

[BrianG]

I get a lot of those Nigerian bank scams too. As well as ebay, paypal, and various bank messages saying I need to update the account. Good rule of thumb is to NOT click the link to the site, but to type the real site's address in the address bar and log in that way. Some scammers make replicas of legitimate sites to capture your login data - the telltale sign is the web address; it will be either a raw IP address, or a variation of the real site's domain by using a sub domain (like www . scammer . ebay . com). I wonder how many non-savvy people get conned into entering sensitive data from emails?