Pete
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From: Peter Tilbrook
To: CF-Talk
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 6:39 PM
Subject: OT: Attempts at banking fraud
It staggers me that there are people in the world who will attempt to rob
others by cleverly imitating a bank/credit unions email to attempt to gain
access to someones funds. They usually attempt this with cleverly crafted
"HTML" email messages. Microsoft has also fallen victim to this atttempt at
validity by the look of a message alone.
I've received a few of these lately.
Keep in mind it is highly unlikely that your own bank would ever send you
something via email that would ever ask you for personal information (they
would more than likely have it already). In fact your bank would not even
really need to know your email address at all.
Whenever I receive these bogus messages, and I have received several, I
forward them to the Australia Federal Police in their entirety. You should
do the same to your respective law enforcers (eg: FBI).
PS. I'm not even sure if it was a valid email but Microsoft are offering
$25,000 worth of software for $299 through their "Partner" program. It looks
legitimate - clever - but probably not the real deal.
Peter Tilbrook
ColdFusion Applications Developer
ColdGen Internet Solutions
Manager, ACT and Region ColdFusion Users Group - http://www.actcfug.com
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AUSTRALIA
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