Attached Link: http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt

I saw this on one of the domain name boards I belong to. The text is a little technical, but what it comes down to is that a crook could use paypal.com where one of the a's is a foreign character, which translates in some browsers as a much longer, more complicated URL (called an IDN domain). It can look just like paypal.com to you though and have a spoof site to collect info about you. So be careful. Always type in the paypal address (or get it from your favorites). Don't click on an email to go to it. You can read more about it at the link. Also, for anyone that buys domains on Ebay, be careful if you see an impossible to believe deal on something like poker.com that would be worth millions, selling for hundreds. These are usually IDN names.

So be careful. Always type in the paypal address (or get it from your favorites). Don't click on an email to go to it. That's always good advice and it bears repeating. ;-) bonni

"When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch." - Bette Davis

I recently bought a couple of items on Ebay. Almost immediately I got emails pretending to be from Paypal and Ebay where they said they noticed unuusal activity on my account and I needed to "click here" to verify my account. I reported both to Paypal and Ebay and, sure enough, they were not legitamate. I have no good words for the low lifes who come up with these schemes.

Ever-increasing numbers of inexperienced or naive computer users make this game a very profitable one for scammers. There really ought to be public health-type warnings about this sort of thing. m.

Nah. There oughta be baseball bats.

-- erlik

Yeah, them too :D