Charles, I want to make everybody aware of a method called "clickjacking." It happened to the woman I teach the class with, but fortunately she realized that it was a scam before she gave out any information.
Basically it involves someone scanning your bookmarks and overlaying the legit site with another message. She clicked on her bookmarked bank site and was told that she'd made an error with her password. She tried again same message, only this time it asked her some personal questions when she went to change her password. ALARM BELL!!! She logged out and went in via the url and everything went A-OK. She went back to her bookmarked site and by that time they had pulled back the overlay. I say memorize the url of any of your sites that have to do with your money. Louise > From: wo...@justfamily.org > Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:16:02 -0600 > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Fw: EMERGENCY > To: power_lou...@hotmail.com > CC: texascavers@texascavers.com > > That's a good point, following a link in email is a very bad idea, > they can be deceiving. Type in the name of the url yourself, or > google for the company name, bookmark that and use it. > > Charles > > On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Louise Power <power_lou...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > Just a word of caution, also beware of what looks like a reputable site. I > > help teach a class on credit card security for our agency and you'd be > > surprised how real some of the sites look. If you don't have any past > > dealings with a company, BEWARE. > > > >> From: wo...@justfamily.org > >> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:07:52 -0600 > >> To: lkpa...@sbcglobal.net > >> CC: gonza...@msu.edu; Texascavers@texascavers.com > >> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Fw: EMERGENCY > >> > >> There is a lesson to be learned in all of this, use secure passwords, > >> keep an active virus scanner on your computer, a firewall and > >> spyware/malware scanners are good as well. Also, don't open > >> attachments and be wary of websites that are not from reputable > >> companies. > >> > >> Not using windows is another good way, but I know everyone doesn't > >> want to get a Mac or learn Linux :) > >> > >> Charles > >> > >> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Linda Palit <lkpa...@sbcglobal.net> > >> wrote: > >> > And Monica was upset about the scam, and is using a different email now. > >> > Would love to deck with the guy who did this to our friends. > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: Fofo [mailto:gonza...@msu.edu] > >> > Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:30 PM > >> > To: Texas Cavers > >> > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Fw: EMERGENCY > >> > > >> > I actually wonder if someone joins e-mail lists and gets a "feel" for > >> > some people, finds their activity, etc (looking for someone who doesn't > >> > post much). I got an e-mail from "Monica Ponce" saying that she's in the > >> > UK, was mugged at gun-point and now needs £1,750.00 -- more expensive > >> > than Mark's! And the e-mail was in Spanish (really bad Spanish, > >> > actually, probably a Babelfish translation). Monica doesn't post much on > >> > TexasCavers, but she does on Facebook, so there were no doubts about > >> > this e-mail being a scam as soon as I read it: > >> > > >> > "Espero que recibe en este tiempo? Lo sentimos, no me han informado > >> > acerca de mi viaje en el Reino Unido para un programa, estoy actualmente > >> > en Londres y estoy teniendo algunas dificultades aquí, porque me > >> > asaltaron a punta de pistola ... ni siquiera pueden escribir en dialecto > >> > nativo muy bien como todos los sistemas que aquí se ha configurado. > >> > ... The gerente del hotel no me deja salir hasta que pagar las cuentas > >> > del hotel ... Me gustaría que me ayude con un préstamo de £ 1,750.00" > >> > > >> > I felt like creating a dummy e-mail account and replying, reassuring of > >> > my willingness to "help" but peppering the e-mail with personal > >> > questions, just to see what happens and then posting the whole thing > >> > here, but that would need more time than I have now. > >> > > >> > - Fofo > >> > > >> > John Greer wrote, on 20/11/09 17:48: > >> >> Here we go again. This scam has been around for a while, going to > >> >> various lists, from various persons. I assume somebody hacks into > >> >> master > >> >> distribution lists. > >> >> John Greer > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> >> *From:* mark gee <mailto:markageetxca...@yahoo.com> > >> >> *To:* markageetxca...@yahoo.com <mailto:markageetxca...@yahoo.com> > >> >> *Sent:* Friday, November 20, 2009 6:24 PM > >> >> *Subject:* EMERGENCY > >> >> > >> >> Hope you get this on time ? Sorry I didn't inform you about my trip to > >> >> the United Kingdom, I'm presently in Scotland and am having some > >> >> difficulties here.I misplaced my bag on my way to the hotel where other > >> >> valuable things were kept including my passport. I will like you to > >> >> assist me with a loan of $1,750 to sort-out my hotel bills and to get > >> >> myself back home. I will appreciate whatever you can afford to assist > >> >> me > >> >> with and I promise to Refund the money as soon as i return.let me know > >> >> if you can be of any assistance. > >> >> Please reply me A.S.A.P. > >> >> > >> >> Regards, > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Gee > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > >> > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > >> > > >> > > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > >> > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > >> > > >> > > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > >> For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > >> > >
