[GreenKeys] Phishing... a relatively new scam

Fri, 9 Jan 2004 16:41:23 -0600

IMPORTANT NEWS...  Also see my note at bottom

A relatively new scam, which has been given the name "Phishing" is 
worth throwing up a "red flag" about.  This is the process of sending 
Email that purports to be from some financial institution that you 
deal with (PayPal, credit card company, your bank, etc.), and that 
asks you to update or verify your records.  If one falls for this 
trick, you will suddenly find withdrawals from your account or 
charges to PayPal or your credit card!  I have seen such bogus Emails 
relating to both PayPal and City Bank (MasterCard) in the last few 
days.  (Believe me - they looked legitimate until I examined some
of the underlying links!)

The attached link is to an excellent ZDNet article which describes 
the growing problem in considerable detail.

Please be warned!  Pass this along to your friends, particularly 
anyone who uses eBay and PayPal, or who uses a credit card to make 
online purchases.

Dave

<http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/Phishing_Spam_that_cant_be_ignored.html>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
David K. Barclay
Chief Operating Officer
CRSP | Center for Research in Security Prices
The University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business
725 So. Wells St., Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60607
Voice: (773) 834-2098 FAX: (773) 702-3036
[email protected]
http://www.crsp.uchicago.edu

I have seen a couple of these and I am forwarding them to the 
following addresses:

[email protected]

[email protected]

These companies want folks to forward any of these phishing messages 
to them.  Then they need to be deleted from your email.

Don