TIP OF THE WEEK

And remember, kids, Phishers use (not very) clever ways to disguise their web page to make it look legit.

www.paypal.com.12345.kr is NOT Paypal, it's some phisher in Korea. Always look at whatever is the LAST things in the string between the "http://" and the first slash after that.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(priusguy04 @ Jan 31 2007, 03:40 PM) [snapback]383561[/snapback]</div>

The last line in your post, which is correct, makes the first paragraph unnecessary. Any email asking for personal information is a scam.

The mouse-over technique, which is generally a reliable indication, may possibly be countered, so I would not rely on it. Simply on this: If they ask for personal info, it's a scam.

If your bank really needs to reach you, and in the unlikely event they send an email rather than a letter, it will tell you to go to their web site and log in, but will not send a link in the email. And if they do, you should change banks, because I would not trust my money or my personal information with them.

 

Beating the SPAMmers.

* DON'T Forward Chain Letters
* No dying child wants your business cards, get well cards and the like. This child died many years ago,and the hospitals, clinics are tired of the mail. (Actually this one had some merit many years ago, but seems to resurface every six months or so.)
* The FCC and/or Postal Service is NOT planning to add a tax on E-mail. They don't have the authority!
* Bill Gates, Walt Disney, Sony, Sega, Microsoft and the like WILL NOT PAY YOU, give you a camcorder, Disneyland tickets, Palm Pilots or whatever for forwarding some silly bogus E-Mail message.
* Nobody has awakened in a bathtub of ice after someone stole their kidney.
* If it says "Send This to Everyone You Know," DON'T!
* No matter HOW many times you forward some E-Mail, you will NOT see a video, or get any reward.
* NO ONE IN NIGERIA Will Deposit ANY Money Into Your Account!
* You have NOT been 'Specially Selected!'

 

Scambusters
Snopes
Just for two...
OTOH, if you are that greedy, you deserve what you (don't) get.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Godiva @ Jan 31 2007, 11:07 PM) [snapback]383722[/snapback]</div>

Yeah, but it says that William Thraggelmorton of Hoboken, IN, broke the chain and three years later his dog died!!!