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May 4th, 2005, 07:49 AM
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Re: OT: Even More Proof
I laugh and cry at the same time,.. It's way to obvious but there are probably alot of people that will get caught by this.
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May 4th, 2005, 09:15 AM
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Re: OT: Even More Proof
I get about one of those a day. It's kinda funny to read those, especially when you have no clue what bank or whatever it says you have an account in. One day, I actually forwarded one of these e-mails to the bank that the sender was portraying, I wonder what ever happened to him...
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May 4th, 2005, 09:20 AM
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One of the best I recently got had a load of links about 'security' in it. Just because I wondered how good a scam it was I gave them a click, they linked to the actual bank which first of said "We will never ask you for account numbers, etc in an email"
Made me laugh
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May 4th, 2005, 06:20 PM
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I have gone to the spoof site and entered in false infomation.
I.C. Wiener Account 123456 PW Moron. Things like that. Tis a lot of fun.
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May 4th, 2005, 06:52 PM
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I have gone to the spoof site and entered in false infomation.
I.C. Wiener Account 123456 PW Moron. Things like that. Tis a lot of fun.
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May 4th, 2005, 06:59 PM
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I have gone to the spoof site and entered in false infomation.
I.C. Wiener Account 123456 PW Moron. Things like that. Tis a lot of fun.
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Can't they trace back your trail even if you enter false info?
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They can get your IP, yes. Other than that..not so much.
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May 4th, 2005, 06:59 PM
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They can get your IP, but not any account information.
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May 4th, 2005, 09:13 PM
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This is classic.
I recently got a very similar one which I thought was pretty slick.
It looked like it came from my ISP.
The text read something like
Our Virus filters have detected a large number of viruses coming from your account.
Please download the <link> virus checker availiable for free from Earthlink.
I still wonder how many unsuspecting fools they caught with that one.
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The other one I really liked was the one that purported to be from the FBI. It said I was being investigated and that I should open the attached file for information on why.
In the attachment window of my mail reader it looked like the name was "Indictment.txt".
Curious as to what was being attempted, I looked deeper. The name was "Indictment.txt" followed by about 100 instances of a blank character (not space) and then a .exe
I do have to wonder how many people are still being fooled by these.
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May 5th, 2005, 11:14 AM
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They can get your IP, but not any account information.
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Unfortunately sometimes just going to their website can install trojans and malware/spyware - then they can ge t anything on your PC. Kinda' like playing chicken on the highway.
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