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beaware of "Transactions@Escrow.com"

Postby draftowner » Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:54 am

fraud: Transactions@Escrow.com
real: transactions@escrow.com

just the capital letter different!(be careful!!)

you can visit here to have a look. They copy the escrow.com webdesign to create this form!!! i almost believe them but i still worry so i send email to support@escrow.com ask if my transaction id is valid. they told me is a fraud!!!fraud site!!!
https://my.escrow.com/members/registration.asp?ref=
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Postby truth_moment » Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:49 am

You don't have nothing to do now. Don't use escrow.com anymore or format your PC
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Re: beaware of "Transactions@Escrow.com"

Postby peg » Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:18 pm

draftowner wrote:fraud: Transactions@Escrow.com
real: transactions@escrow.com

just the capital letter different!(be careful!!)



Just the case of the letter (Upper versus Lower) in the domain name (the part after the @ sign and in a web address it would be after the http:// and before the NEXT / ) will not make a difference directly. It might be the difference of the emails that someone is sending you and how the configure it to send you a fraudulent email.

In a website Case is an issue in the PAGE only. For example if you goto:

http://pgardner.net/whois.php?ip=tnt.com
versus
http://pgardner.net/Whois.php?ip=tnt.com (notice the CAPTIAL W in Whois)
the first will work, the second WILL NOT work.

Again, if you goto:
http://pgardner.net/whois.php?ip=tnt.com
versus
http://PGARdneR.Net/whois.php?ip=tnt.com

They will both take you to the same place.


Now there are other ways to exploit the web addresses and I won't go into detail here about it, however, you should NEVER click on a link in an email to get to a website. ALWAYS type in the web address directly in your browsers address bar such as escrow.com or paypal.com. If you click on a link, scammers tend to mask the real location of the link using HTML (That's why I always ask for my emails in PLAIN TEXT. )

If you cannot access a site other than clicking on a link in the email, then perhaps you should consider using a different site.
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