I’ve just been alerted to a new scam being played on gmail users:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-gmail-phishing-attack-uiuc
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The brief details are:
Gmail users receive an email that may appear to come from someone they know,
including what looks like an attachment. When users click on that attachment,
a new tab opens up and users are prompted to sign into what looks like Gmail.
But that copycat site is actually a site attackers use to collect login
information, and once users log in, their Gmail account is compromised.

and to avoid getting caught:
users should be careful to spot a green lock icon in their browser address bar
— if using Google Chrome — and make sure the URL begins with
“https://”. The copycat Gmail login site begins with
“‘data:text/html” and should not be trusted.


Sue

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