False email containing fraud

[Jim Kinnear]

Good point Sarah

Also, when you put your mouse pointer on a 'link' in the body of an email,
the address will show up in the bottom left of the border bar . .  called
the 'status bar' . . a legitimate URL will show up, but these phony ones
will have a numerical address like 345.65.456.28 as the location to which
you are being sent, even tho the text reads www.paypal.com .

It is so frustrating that a perfectly good tool like email is so widely used
by scam vandals.

So like they said on Hill Street Blues . . . be careful out there !!

Jim
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Jim Kinnear
www.kinnearpiano.com
Collingwood, ON, Canada




----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Fox" <sarah@graphic-fusion.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 12:33 AM
Subject: [spam] Re: False email containing virus


> Hi all,
>
> Speaking of spoof emails, here's a head's up for y'all...
>
> I just received two "spoof" emails, supposedly from PayPal, supposedly
> requesting I verify my account information.  Supposedly my account had
been
> randomly "flagged" in the ongoing effort to blah, blah, blah...  What's
> unusual about these emails is that they're quite convincing, even warning
me
> to log on to PayPal directly (to protect myself against the possibility of
a
> spoof email), instead of using the handy link to their "PayPal" site they
> provide in the email.  The emails are written in proper English and are
> professionally laid out.  Definitely a first, at least in my in-box.  Very
> slick!
>
> (For those of you who don't recognize this tactic, it's an attempt at
> identity theft.  Most commonly the spoof email is supposedly from a bank.
> If in doubt, ALWAYS log on to the site yourself, rather than following
> handy-dandy links in the emails.)
>
> Peace,
> Sarah
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Lawson" <ptg@pianotech.org>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 4:46 PM
> Subject: Re: False email containing virus
>
>
> > Hi, when on list admin duty I often see virus emails with spoofed
(forged)
> > addresses - even once with your address. Because they contain an
> > attachment
> > they don't get to the list subscribers but everyone should always be
> > alert.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
> > To: "Newtonburg" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 6:54 PM
> > Subject: False email containing virus
> >
> >
> > Hi folks..
> >
> > just thought I might throw up a warning flag, I've recieved 4 posts
> > today and 3 yesterday from Del Fandrichs email address and all of them
> > contained the latest virus spew that seems to be circling the globe.
> > MailChaser spotted them before I even downloaded them so I am
> > unaffected... but you want to watch closely whose mail you are opening.
> >
> > CHeers
> > RicB
> >
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> >
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