I've heard of one recently where the actual page was from the legitimate bank web site, but the dialog box window asking for username and password detail was the spoofed component. Everythink, including HTTPS locks, URLs etc displayed would have looked, and actually were legitimate. On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:05:02 -0500 Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote: > On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 18:40:57 EST, Parry Aftab said: > > It's a spoof, phished e-mail. No such credit card. I just confirmed with > > the powers that be in PayPal/eBay. The scams are good enough to confuse > > even ietf members. See the problem? How can someone tell this was a > > phishing expedition? > > Damned good one, they even got their URL into PayPal's FAQ: > > https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_help-ext&leafid=1782 > > Either this is a whole new level of phishing, or the left hand doesn't know > what the right hand is doing. You tell me. > > > We need some tech guidance? > > Yes, PayPal apparently needs some. guidance in getting their info pages > to correspond to their policy - see the above URL, see the mail I quoted, > and then see this URL: > > https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_help-ext&leafid=56413 > > Also might want to have another chat with your powers that be, they > seem to be out of touch with what their company and their business > partners over at Providian are actually doing. >