Comments on: Say goodbye to eBay and PayPal fraudsters

By: selorm

selorm — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:41:26 +0000

I love the pic

By: peyman

peyman — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:57:08 +0000

lol

By: Lomini Mathias

Lomini Mathias — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:13:13 +0000

Hello,
It gives me to breath in fresh air after being assured of security against fraudulents practiced by some of the computer wizards.But what surprises me most is how the yahoo mail let these guys use the website.There are also cases in the bulk box where people send nonsence,I hope you will also guard against that. As I have given a comment earlier on, afriend of mine was email that he worn a huge amount of money $1,000,000 dollars and this guy called Garry Wool claimed tobe yahoo winning prize Boss for last year christmas a ward to find out who uses email more frequently.I just wanted to find from Andrew and Nicki Dugan whether you guys have such allocation and the above fellow as the Director?

By: Michael Doman

Michael Doman — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:17:12 +0000

Hello.
I am pretty new to e.bay and yahoo etc. and, the ammount of spam I recieve, especially from Canadian Phanmacies and some herbal penus enlargement company.Means I very rarely look at the spam a/c now [I have 1400] in there in 12 days[ thats when i last cleaned it out. I need all my storage just for rubbish.
How can I clean it up .
By the way. It all comes from yahoo, there is not one peice of spam on the Googlea/c

By: Rick Erazo

Rick Erazo — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:22:57 +0000

Interesting…as a Y! subscriber, I continue to receive “eBay Success Kit” spam on a daily basis (sometimes several per day).

By: EdSF

EdSF — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:54:38 +0000

Seems ok on the surface. Whats not immediately apparent is that you may not be getting all your email and you’ll never even know.

That’s the big problem. I’m in IT and it’s not just about blocking email, it’s about blocking the RIGHT email, and letting the RIGHT email through.

Domain keys is good, but blocking without any recourse is like your postal service not delivering postal mail to you and not even letting you know. How’d you feel about that? I’m sure that’s even some type of invitation for some lawyer out there to exploit with a lawsuit.

Why isn’t there a way to “vet” (aka test) things. You know, if your domain somehow doesn’t pass? And more importantly some recourse? Want some inspiration for how this can be done? Just take a cue from Spamhaus.

If a Y! person is reading this, yes, it’s my personal email domain that has an issue (the one I provided in this form). Before someone says, “oh, it’s just your personal email” – yeah, but when theres one, theres always more. And although my domain isn’t as “classy” as those with DK, it does at least have SPF.

By: charles

charles — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:54:30 +0000

Please tell me more. How do you set it up. As of today 11/25 I’m still getting over 50 of these emails per day.

By: I. M. Youyng

I. M. Youyng — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:42:42 +0000

Way to go Yahoo!!

By: Sally, design guru

Sally, design guru — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:34:01 +0000

Nice mouse on the picture. I like her red shoes. :)
I’m joking.
Concerning PayPal – I receive its spam letters on my yahoo mail box actually every day.

By: jiri

jiri — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:39:47 +0000

Kath,

Not sure if I get your comment… What you are asking for is actually what they did. Going forward any emails coming from …@paypal.com are going to be only and only PayPal real emails. That’s what DomainKeys does – it does not deliver any email which looks like …@paypal.com if it does not come from paypal smtp server.

By: Kathie

Kathie — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:52:00 +0000

I use Iconix for PayPal & eBay emails, it’s in beta with PayPal, I love it. You can use Yahoo search and type in “paypal iconix” it’s the second result titled “Iconix® Truemark Email Identification (beta) – PayPal”

I posted this on the The PayPal Blog as well……..

For many Yahoo members, when they received an email that is from a bad guy, the member puts the email address service@paypal.com in their Blocked Addresses section, not fully understanding that the email address they are blocking is not where the email really came from. Now these members are blocking the legitimate PayPal emails & become frustrated when they do not receive PayPal emails.

Is there anything Yahoo can do to alert these members of the change they made in your announcement & to Unblock this email address so they receive legitimate emails too?

Thanks for doing this Yahoo!!! I hope the other ISP’s follow and do this as well. :)

Kath

By: Dixie

Dixie — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:11:24 +0000

Thanks Yahoo!! I knew someone would eventually come through.

Most of this fraud stuff comes from people on eBay. Almost every time I get on there and buy something, I get some kind of suspicious email asking me to do something I know not to do. I always forward it to ebay, but all I get back is a canned email that has nothing to do with the complaint. I know they are a large company, and it is hard to police everyone. If they are going to send out a “canned” email, it should at least say that they are doing something about it. I always get the feeling that it is just brushed aside.

Thanks again Yahoo. It’s nice to know that someone is really in our corner. You have my business too !!

By: Robert Palmer

Robert Palmer — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:04:38 +0000

Hey, this is Great News! I get tons of emails that appear to be from Paypal, Ebay, etc. I always wonder how many people have fallen for this type of scam. As a website designer I’m used to looking at source codes, but most people don’t even know it exists. Keep up the good work!

By: Jeff Newman

Jeff Newman — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:03:43 +0000

This is great news. I know a lot of people that don’t even know what phishing is. It is great that Yahoo is taking a stance to protect people from getting their identity stolen.

By: Lynda

Lynda — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:11:37 +0000

Another Reason why I have been a loyal Yahoo User Since 19(ahem)something :)

By: Stanley Hallwood

Stanley Hallwood — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:03:29 +0000

Glad to know something is being done at last,the really serious fraud attempts,especially those from So called Bank Directors or Solicitors from African Banks/Businesses I forward to Fraud Alert at the Met.Fraud squad.

By: Rahayu

Rahayu — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:51:17 +0000

Say goodbye to eBay and PayPal fraudsters?????

Of it stopped!!! I’m the one that stop it. Because I am the owner that a victim ID THEFT. I have to stop them to still my business!!!

By: WACIPIMAN

WACIPIMAN — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:33:58 +0000

I WAS JUST ON eBAY, AS I WAS GETTING OUT OF IT, IT MENTION SOMETHING ABOUT THIS DOMAINKEY TELL ME MORE

By: Terri

Terri — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 16:18:02 +0000

THUGS BEWARE!!!!THIS IS WONDERFUL NEWS!!

By: Mike P in San Fran

Mike P in San Fran — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 16:09:12 +0000

Finally, some DKIM and email-authentication in general have grown some teeth! This is a great start to getting rid of spam email.

Now that the technology exists to more reliably determine the source (or determine whether the purported domain is actually the sending domain) of an email, we can start to better assign accountability for email practices.

I love it. My Inbox will love it even more.

-Mike

By: Ollie Bourque

Ollie Bourque — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 09:10:33 +0000

I’ve always liked Yahoo’s mail service, especially the filters. I’ve got my SPAM under control. Now, inovatively, Yahoo is working on a Phishing control? Way to go, YAHOO!!!

By: Art Franciz D. Bernales

Art Franciz D. Bernales — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 07:33:38 +0000

This development is welcome indeed. However, I still get emails with the subject “Your Ebay success kit has arrived”.

By: Hollywood

Hollywood — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 05:01:12 +0000

It is easy to see how people fall for these pranks – the emails and the tactics have gotten much more sophisticated over the years.

Hopefully this strategy can be expanded to cover emails pretending to originate from banks contacting account holders.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 04:52:45 +0000

Matt Cox, you wouldn’t happen to work for Phishtank by any chance, would you.
Nice sales pitch.
I am happy with what Yahoo! mail is taking the initiative to do on their own.
Cheers to Yahoo!, job well done.

By: Michael Kraft

Michael Kraft — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 02:38:19 +0000

I think more than DomainKeys will be required. About 20% of the spam that comes into my Inbox has a certified DomainKey (usually from Yahoo.com itself!).

By: Becky

Becky — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 02:17:15 +0000

Thanks!!! I am a plus user. I thank you!!!! for all your hard work.

By: Jane Button

Jane Button — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 22:14:01 +0000

Great news!! What about getting IRS to join with you? The phishing claiming to be from them is getting more common. Wouldn’t you like a refund?

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 16:42:12 +0000

Bravo! Another perk to subscribing to the Yahoo Mail Plus :-)
Keep up the great work to keep us subscribers safe and happy. ~Sandy~

By: panfisher2708

panfisher2708 — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:30:27 +0000

Guess I will have to rent a wharehouse for all the free stuff I’ve been promised I won from all these folks whoe have no valit email response address. Keep up the good work Yahoo Plus

By: Ramone O. Bey

Ramone O. Bey — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 09:52:13 +0000

I have yet to Fall for such unnecessary Phishing E-mails…Besides Paypal & Ebay….There are the Phishing Female Porn Cam Sites as well….They are Popping up everywhere…Just delete them or hit the Word Spam….. :-)