Re: Phishing scam for PC Magazine

[James Eaton-Lee <james.mailing () gmail com>]

On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 13:41 +0000, Barrie Dempster wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 08:16 -0500, Richard M. Smith wrote:
> > I just got the attached piece of phishing spam.  This is the first
> > time I've seen a cheap product used in a phishing scam to grab
> > people's credit card information.  The fake domain set up for this
> > scam is named www.zdmcirc.com.
>
> That isn't a scam, it's legit marketing material, The domain is
> registered to Ziff Davis who publish PC Mag and has the same
> registration details as the Ziff Davis website, not to mention the fact
> it is through the same registrar - this isn't proof enough however as
> some registrar security isn't all that greaat. BUT If you go to
> http://digital.pcmag.com it redirects you to that website. You are
> likely registered with Ziff Davis somewhere and are therefore receiving
> their marketing material.
>
> To unsubscribe click
> http://registerzdi-marketing.com/unsubscribe/u.html?u=AANSrgAQtWwB
>
> It's a good idea to do a bit of background research to see if a scam is
> actually a scam as it is common for companies to have a variety of
> domain names for different things. My bank for example has what appears
> to be a very dodgy looking domain name, which is entirely legit.

I've told you before, Barrie... www.financial-chicks-online.net is *not*
your online banking site! :P

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