I think it's a great example of how a lot of "hacking" is not programming skills at all but social engineering - getting people to do exactly what you want them to.
Thanks for the help guys. I will report it to Amazon. On 12/3/05, Veech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have never responded to these types of requests. Never never give > personal info on these. A common denominator to all of these things, no > matter where they come from, is bad grammar or misspelled words. Once they > figure this out, then we're in trouble. Until then, if I can spot a > grammatical or spelling error, it's to the trash file they go. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brian Weeden > Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 12:53 PM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] Possible Phishing Attack? Fwd: Amazon Payments Billing > Issue > > > On 12/3/05, Veech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The bad grammar in the first two sentences is a dead giveaway. Fry this > > phish... > > > > What makes me wonder is the link - it is to https://www.amazon.com > which unless I am missing something is the correct site. Could there > be some sort of proxy or DNS relay that takes you to the phisher's > site? > > --- > Brian > > -- Brian
