At 18:28 2002-03-31 +0400, Alexander Fedotov wrote: > It seems that fraudsters designed and engineered a new psychological >trick I'd like to warn you about. Yesterday I received an e-mail (all >Russian language translated) from "Friend" with a subject that sounds >something like "You rock!" and a message "You are on the news! You >rock!" and URL > >http://news.bbc.co.uk >@gazeta.rin.ru/cgi-bin/print.pl?idnews=99&name=Fedotov|Alexander|&mail=* >****@******.ru (intentionaly spoiled link)
Hmmm... This is the second time I see this type of "URL" in a gimmick mentioned on this list. The trick is in the use of the '@' character. While the whole thing APPEARS like http://news.bbc.co.uk, it actually is for http://gazeta.rin.ru/cgi-bin/print.pl (etc). If you enter that fake URL into the Opera browser it issues a warning. If you enter it to IE, it, of course, just takes you right to whatever is AFTER the '@' sign. Yet another security hole in IE5. :( As e-gold users, we need to be taking a good look at every URL we see, so we do not fall for scams like e-qold.com. Looking for the '@' in a fake URL is another thing we apparently must be doing from now on. Adam --- http://EasyDomain.com/ Domains for less --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
