[TheForge] scam?

[Michael H. Murphy]

Legitimate companies with legitimate concerns won't ask you to send
personal/confidential information via email.  That's another good indication
of a phishing attempt.

Of course, when a bank you've never heard of asks you to update your account
info, you can be pretty sure it's bogus.

Murf

> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Linn
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 11:04 PM
> To: Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] scam?
> 
> 
> I got two from PayPal last week that truly were from PayPal letting me
> know
> the CC I had on file had expired.
> 
> It addressed me by name and referenced the last 4 # of the CC.
> 
> To make sure I knew where I was going I opened Firefox and typed the
> proper
> address manually
> 
> Lesson...Not all emails from PayPal are bogus...  but with a little
> precaution you can ensure your going where you think you are.
> 
> mike
> 
> 
> At 07:42 PM 12/21/2004, you wrote:
> >One of the first indicators of a scam is when you mouse over the links(DO
> >NOT CLICK) is the address that pops up in the address bar is a bunch of
> >numbers instead of the web site name.
> >Darrell
> 
> 
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