> -----Original Message----- > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 11:10 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: New Phishing scheme > > Just a heads-up... > > http://visa-protect.com/personal/security/vbv/index.html > > The emails are sent from a servers in Korea and the Netherlands. The web > site appears to be hosted by AOL. > > Looks like phishers are getting more sophisticated and blatant...
For what it's worth: no large company, financial or otherwise, ever sends out emails requesting personal information. Financial companies will nearly always send a paper, snail mail letter (I've spent more than a little of my life building such systems). ;^) eBay and Amazon don't do it either. It's safest to just ignore any emails in this style. If you're worried that they may be real call the company on the telephone to address the problem. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get Instant Hacker Protection, Virus Detection, Antispam & Personal Firewall. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=62 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:158499 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
