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more on Amazon Phishing scam - BEWARE!
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 15:25:14 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: "Mike O'Dell" <mo () ccr org> Date: December 3, 2005 12:53:16 PM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] more on Amazon Phishing scam - BEWARE! i have adopted a Neo-Luddite approach to all this: I believe *nothing* of a commercial nature i get in email that i cannot vouchsafe with external knowledge. even then *I* always initiate contact through known channels, rather than accepting a channel offered to me. Sure it's less convenient, but much less annoying than the consequences. Fer Instance: I don't believe anything I get about eBay or Amazon because I know they don't use email notifications precisely because of this. and i know enough about my accounts that i wouldn't believe it even if they did. if i was concerned, i'd enter the site through a known-good DNS name, do a bit of checking around, and then login to my account. (The status line at the bottom of your browser can tell you a LOT about whether a link is bogus. Firefox even complains if it fails "obviousness" checks.) in short, when someone sends you a "shortcut" in an email, *ASSUME* it's the Big Bad Wolf providing it *REGARDLESS* of who sent the email (either apparently or in fact). -mo "Just click here to <urk!>" David Farber wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: Bob Frankston <Bob2-19-0501 () bobf frankston com> Date: December 3, 2005 11:48:54 AM EST To: dave () farber net, ip () v2 listbox com Subject: RE: [IP] Amazon Phishing scam - BEWARE! Once again those phishers. I don't have much new to say but can tie together a few aspects.
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