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phishing can be reported to the Federal Trade
Commision
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Frederic MCP, IT Project+, i-Net+, CIWA, A+ member of:
CompTIA-ITPRO, HDI,
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 11:16
PM
Subject: Most impressive Phish I've seen
(Fw: Visa Security Update)
Just received this Phish email.
What is amazing about it
is that, while it looks like a plain ascii email, it was actually in HTML, and
HTML had been used to make it look like an plain ascii email.
I don't
remember giving Visa any of my "nosense.org" email addresses, so I was
suspicious. Clicking the "http://www.visa.com" link took me to this
URL
http://server445.servers101.com/suspended.page/
Fortunately,
it looks like the phishermen have been noticed, and the bogus site shut
down.
The only way I discovered it was bogus was to view the original
email source, to then see the HTML.
Just goes to show, you should never
click any URLs in emails that are asking about any private or sensitive
information, irrespective of how legitimate or harmless they appear to
be.
(Now to find where to disable HTML in my mail client
...)
Regards,
Mark.
Begin forwarded message:
Date:
Wed, 24 Dec 2003 07:04:20 -0500
From: Visa International Service <security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
mark@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Visa
Security Update
Secure with Visa
Dear Customer,
Our
latest security system will help you to avoid possible fraud actions
and
keep your investments in safety.
Due to technical security
update you have to reactivate your account
Click on the link below to
login to your updated Visa account.
To log into your account, please
visit the Visa Website at
http://www.visa.com
We respect your time
and business.
It's our pleasure to serve you.
Please don't reply
to this email. This e-mail was generated by a mail handling
system.
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