chris potter wrote: > I have just received a very convincing e-mail into my normal pop 3 > account supposedly from Yahoo > saying that my membership of groups had been suspended and to > reconfirm details etc. before reactivation.I was suspicious because > on checking I find that Yahoo does not have my pop 3 address and that > having just visited my Yahoo account I could find nothing out of the > ordinary. I think this was a phishing attempt. Members be cautious > with such requests, if all is normal. I have seen several sites like > ours recently that have been destroyed by and rendered useless by > spam and now appear to have been abandoned.
Well spotted. I find one of the best ways to spot these phishing mails is to use Mailwasher. It shows the links that the author wants you to click in the form of ..... "Click here to update your eBay account<link to www.runnsian_mafia.ru/ebay/>" A quick look at the *real* address tells one if the mail is likely to be genuine. In any case, I never click any link that will need a password entering, I just type the address in IE direct - the old KISS method. Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
