Re: phishing

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I get them all the time especially from phishermen spoofing Paypal...it
looks incredibly real. Ebay too.

I feel bad for people that fall for that stuff.

I even get them from a "bank" I don't have an account with.



"Bob La Londe" <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| In computing, phishing (also known as carding and spoofing) is a form of
| social engineering, characterised by attempts to fraudulently acquire
| sensitive information, such as passwords and credit card details, by
| masquerading as a trustworthy person or business in an apparently official
| electronic communication, such as an email or an instant message. The term
| phishing arises from the use of increasingly sophisticated lures to "fish"
| for users' financial information and passwords.
|
| I get tons of phishing e-mails.  Uusally two or three everday on some
| accounts.  When they first started I used to forward them to my regional
FBI
| office, but there are so many I just delete them anymore.  I'm sure the
| local FBI agents get plenty of heads up on them.
|
| Today I decided to do something just for fun and visit a couple of those
| fake site links.  They are quite sophisticated.  They even have number
| checking algorithims in place.  I enter several sets of fake data, and
even
| a couple universal system test numbers and the phishing sites promptly
| notified me there was something wrong with the number.  LOL..  I did not
go
| further to see if they would accept a legitimate card number for obvious
| reasons, but over all I was impressed with the layout.  Its sad really
that
| somebody with that much talent doesn't feel they can make a good living
from
| legitimate use of their skills.
|
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