eBay has long been one of the most popular online market places where we shop and acquire the latest gadgets. When the iPhone 4s was out, eBay was the 2nd destination shoppers went to search, right after Apple’s official site. However, the prospect of looking for an iPhone 4S on ebay has become an expensive affair.
The recent discovering from security firm, Trend Micro has stated that these new phishsing attacks have resulted in the duping of buyers to give out their online credit information to cyber criminals.
Fake sub domain such as /www.ebay.com.au/ ie. www.domainn.com.au/www.ebay.com.au/ was used to trick buyers in believing it was from the real ebay website. These links will be re-directed to a legitimate eBay listing page. The ‘Buy It Now’ button is where the real phishing begins. This leads to a fake login page which asks for the victims details.
This is not the method in which transactions happen in eBay which the company confirms it is a scam which is done by cyber criminals to get the personal information and the credit information of the victims. This is a result to the demand for iPhone 4S which has sold over 14 million units world-wide since its October 6th release.
Trend Micro also says that this is only one among the many frauds, which are prevailing while online shopping. This is because of the advantage that the cyber criminals take of the holiday seasons and the amount of shopping done during the time.
Although purchasing through eBay could allow you to receive your iphone much earlier and possibly cheaper, it is important for iphone fanatics to consider the downside from purchasing through eBay.
