May 15 2006 Henry County Announcements

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Greetings List Members! Henry County Web Announcements

In this May 15, 2006 Issue:

Computer Jive
BEWARE!

Events

Eminence Day
Henry County Renaissance Faire
23rd Annual New Castle Spring Fling

Helloooo........ Long Time; "no see". Yes...it's been ages since I sent out a newsletter. Some of you even thought that you "fell off" the mailing list. Excuse me for the long absence...and I will not bore you with the l-o-n-g explanation. Just BRIEFLY: Life is consumed with caring for my elderly, handicapped, chronically ill father. I think that just about says it all.

HOWEVER, there this newsletter is "high priority" because it is regarding email scams, fraud, and identity theft and your financial safety.

Computer Jive

Dirty Tricks Will Cost You Money

There are two major types of attacks going on right now (and have been since before the first of the year.) They involve user accounts with "sister" companies eBay and PayPal. PayPal and eBay are not at fault, but being HUGE online sites they are a great "target", for this scheme. Here's how it works:

eBay

An email arrives that gives the appearance of being from eBay. It will look like, or be titled "Question From eBay Member"; "Question About Item #xxxxx", or some other "legitimate" appearing subject. The contents may say something about them wondering if an item was still available, or even threatening that they paid for your auction item and didn't receive it and they are going to report you to eBay. This will ALWAYS include a hyperlink in the body of the email for you to respond. (By the way, this ALL LOOKS REALLY GOOD, until you use your more advanced computer skills to detect the REAL direction of the hyperlink.) IF you click on the link in that email it will take you to an imitation web site and request all kinds on information...like your user name, password, and maybe even ask for your banking information. Do Not Do It.

PayPal

There are two types of variants with PayPal. One tells you that your account has been "Frozen", will have "limited" or "restricted access" unless you click the link below and "update" or "re-activate" the information they are requesting. Notice again, this involves a hyperlink in the email that the schemers are really hoping you'll use. This looks like a very real email, and even the linked site looks "authentic" -- it's not. The other type email will be to "notify" you that an additional email address has been added to your PayPal account and that you should click the link below to "confirm" the addition.

These fakes are so good that they even include what looks like the PayPal and eBay information on how to guard against scams, or include a hyperlink to a page that simulates the respective fraud-protection pages.

In all cases DO NOT use a hyperlink in an email. (In fact, many of these fraud emails will, by use of a randomizer not even arrive to the email address you are registered at.--I have two accounts, one business and on personal but I receive these at all of my email addresses that I monitor--some 20-or-so accounts.)

Their primary goal is to CONVINCE YOU that you should click on the link in the email.
If they achieve that, they are close to getting everything they need to rob you blind.

Best Procedure

Don't use that email to check the validity of a "notice." You should use your internet browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape, AOL, FireFox, etc. to visit the eBay or PayPal website. Enter the site in the NORMAL, DIRECT way at paypal(dot).com or ebay(dot).com. [NOTE: the word "dot" has been added in parenthesis to the proper web site address, as some SPAM filters will block the direct mention of the entire URL.] Log into your account in the normal manner with your user ID and password. eBay's member log in screen will have any legitimate "alerts" right there; if PayPal says there is a second "new" name in your email settings, check it from the logged in "profile" tab, you'll be able to see how many email addresses are listed and which is considered "primary" if there is more than one.

Every time I've checked one of these, I've verified that nothing, in fact was amiss with my account, and yes indeed, the email was a fraud.

eBay has a very good tutorial on protecting yourself against fraud by "faked" (a.k.a. "spoofed") eBay simulating email; good reading for ANYONE that does transactions online. You may also forward suspicious email to: spoof@ebay.com.

Be suspicious, don't be a victim.

Henry County Equine Association

Did you know that there are more that 2 dozen breeders and sellers of horses already members of this new association? If you just LOVE horses, you'll be interested in this group. Visit their website for more information. http://www.geocities.com/hcequine/Index.html

Harvest Creek Farm Animal Sanctuary

Harvest Creek Farm Animal Sanctuary invites you to visit. Tours of the farm are free but any donations are greatly appreciated. http://www.harvestcreekfarm.org.

May 16, 2006
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Get out and vote!

May 20, 2006
Eminence Day!

Breakfast! Basketball! Yardsale! Flea Market! Want mOrE? Well there is MorE!
Visit the Eminence Day web page for mORe information.

June 3, 2006
10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
First Henry County Renaissance Faire!

Oh Yea, Oh Yea, Lords and Ladies! Will you be there for opening day? Some of us have been waiting for this for a long-long time. We LOVE history and wished we had a time machine. Maybe, when we were "kids" we loved "dress-up". This is gonna be FUN! The fun begins at 10 a.m.--Get your smiles on! for more information visit the Highlands Renaissance Festival web site.

June 10, 2006
New Castle
23 Annual Spring Fling

Click here for more info...

e-POSTCARDS FROM HENRY COUNTY, WITH LOVE.
E-postcards is a freebie from The Henry County Web. http://www.henrycountyky.com/postcard

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