You've probably gotten notices that look like they're from banks or other  
places, telling you to contact them for one reason or another about your  
account. Sometimes, you don't have an account there, so you know they're phony. 
 But 
sometimes, at random, they hit you with a place where you do  business.
 
How can you tell whether they're scamming you so you'll reveal your  password 
or other information that will allow them to steal from you?
 
One way is to move your cursor over the link where they tell you to  click. 
The screen should show the actual address associated with the link. If it  
doesn't, click on "copy shortcut" then paste what you've copied into a notepad  
or 
other blank file. You'll quickly see whether it's real or not.  Here's an 
example.
 
Say you get a notice that tells you to click here: _Bank of Switzerland 
Security _ (http://www.krf.icodat.com) asking  you to verify your numbered 
account 
and password (everyone in our upscale 'hood  surely has one by now). If this 
is real, it'll be a link to something like  
https://www.BankOfSwitzerland.sw/security. If it's some miles-long address  
(which may contain the right words 
buried in there somewhere), or something  entirely different, it's fake.
 
If you try clicking on the above link, you'll end up at my website (where  
you won't be asked any questions -- this is just for illustrative purposes). 
But 
 if you do what I suggest, you'll see without going anywhere that the actual 
link  is to _www.krf.icodat.com_ (http://www.krf.icodat.com) .
 
Do the checking noted in boldface above before clicking. You don't even  want 
your computer to go to the scammers' website, let alone answer any  questions 
they ask there.
 
 
Alan  Krigman
KRF Management
211 S 45th St, Phila PA 19104
215-349-6500, fax  215-349-6502
website: _www.krf.icodat.com_ (http://www.krf.icodat.com/) 
online  bulleting board: _www.krf.icodat.com/news_ 
(http://www.krf.icodat.com/news) 





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