I received the following phishing email today. It’s a variation on the "your email inbox is too large" scam I posted in June. It plays Habitat’s name, Haiti relief, and pure greed — it claims you can earn big tax-free commissions as a fundraiser. There are so many things wrong with this pitch. Fundraising (at [...]
Filed in Phishing,Spam 9 Comments so far
I’ve used a digital wallet for years to keep track of my passwords (I use Roboform but there are other choices). Recently I found that it serves a purpose that hadn’t occured to me: phishing prevention. Here’s the deal: I got a message from a friend with a link. Without thinking too much about it, [...]
Filed in Security,Spam No Responses yet
This is such a lame phishing scam that I can’t imagine anyone falling for it. But I received three of these messages in the past two days so I’m passing it along. I reported this account to Google, so I hope they’ll disable it. Dear Webmail User, This message was sent automatically by a program [...]
Filed in Security,Spam One Response so far
I just received two identical messages with the following text. There’s no URL — the only way to respond is to reply to the message. Replies go to updatweb1 at aol.com I hope no one’s foolish enough to fall for this. —–Original Message—– From: apache@net.lg.ua [mailto:apache@net.lg.ua] On Behalf Of Webmail Support Sent: Friday, March 27, [...]
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The Washington Posts’s Security Fix blog reports that spam volumes declined by 2/3 after an ISP that was hosting spam operations was taken offline. The story: read more
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