I think, if anything, I'm surprised at how many people are acting as though phishing emails are something new and surprising. I recall getting these things _years_ ago, and they were of reasonable quality back then, too. Don't click before you look, everyone. You'd think that people would understand that by now.
On the same topic, I also just recently got an email from some guy in Nigeria who's apparently got some money tied up in the government. Apparently, he's got like five million in a bank account, but he can't get it out unless he pays ten grand to the government. He offered to split the sum with me 30-70 if I'd just send him the ten grand to get the money out. Ten grand for 1.5 million bucks, sounds like a great deal. Have any of you heard about this guy? Seems like it would have made the news before, but I'm definitely thinking about taking him up on his offer - it almost sounds too good to be true! Sorry if that sounds obnoxious, but "look out for phishers" is about as obvious as "keep your system patched" and "don't send money to people in Nigeria". You may as well just say "hey, you need to teach your friends to be Internet savvy!". I appreciate the sentiment, though, so I do thank you for the concern. -DMZ (compounding useless emails with more useless emails) On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 10:55 -0400, Aaron Silverman wrote: > Just a heads up guys, I got this e-mail from "[EMAIL PROTECTED]": > > Note that it also had little fancy logos and stuff: > > > "We recently noticed an attempt to log in to your PayPal account from > France,a foreign IP address and we have reason to belive that your > account was used by a third party without your authorization. > > If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log > in attempts may have been initiated by you. Therefore, if you are the > rightful account holder, click on the link below to log into your > account and follow the instructions. > > https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run > (this link really points to www.paypal-webscr.com) > > If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to > temporarily suspend your account. > > If you received this notice and you are not the authorized account > holder, please be aware th at it is in violation of PayPal policy to > represent oneself as another PayPal user. Such action may also be in > violation of local, national, and/or international law. PayPal is > committed to assist law enforcement with any inquires related to > attempts to misappropriate personal information with the intent to > commit fraud or theft. Information will be provided at the request of > law enforcement agencies to ensure that impersonators are prosecuted to > the fullest extent of the law. > > Thank you for your patience as we work together to protect your account. > > Sincerely, > PayPal Account Review Department > PayPal, an eBay Company" > > > However the link takes the poor clicker to > "http://www.paypal-webscr.com/"; where they try to steal your > information. Just like that e-bay scam you can enter any name/password > and then see how it tries to get your credit card number and bank > routing numbers and all that good stuff. I know you guys are probably > smart enough not to fall for this but you may want to tell your friends. > > P.S. This person spelled "believe" wrong in the last line of the first > paragraph. > >
