My father fell for a PayPal phishing email. He clicked the link and gave PayPal UN and PW, SS#, Full Name, mother's maiden name, Bank Name, Account Number and debit card numbers.
Hopefully that he realized his mistake within 24 hours will help some. He has/is contacting his bank, PayPal, Social Security Department, and the Credit Bureaus. Any advice on whom else he should contact? -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning ....-----Original Message----- ....From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ....Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 8:24 AM ....To: CF-Community ....Subject: RE: New Phishing scheme .... ....> -----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 .... .... .... .... .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Save $10 Download ZoneAlarm Security Suite http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=66 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:158504 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
