NEW YORK ? An email scam masked as an order confirmation from StubHub landed in countless mailboxes Thursday.
The San Francisco-based online ticket broker, a subsidiary of eBay Inc., first learned of the scam early Thursday morning, and within a few hours was deluged with phone calls, said spokesman Glenn Lehrman.
?We don?t have a sense yet of how big it is,? he said.
The company has placed a warning notice on its home page advising recipients not to click on any link in the email. Lehrman said the company has been sending messages out through social media to notify customers.
The Better Business Bureau is also working with the StubHub to warn consumers.
Here?s what you need to know:
THE SCAM
The email looks like a receipt for an order for two tickets to the Manny Pacquiao – Juan Manuel Marquez boxing match in Las Vegas on Nov. 12. It appears to be sent by StubHub, and the charge is an alarming $2,766.95.
Lehrman said no accounts have been charged. The email apparently went to both StubHub users and individuals who have never purchased tickets from the site.
Like any phishing scam, the fake email is aiming to dupe recipients into clicking on the embedded links, in an attempt to obtain sensitive information like credit card account numbers and passwords.
