Lets go Phishing
I typically receive at least 10 PayPal phishing attempts every day! Today was a slow day — only 8 so far. Fake eBay “messages” and “password chnage requests” are pretty common also (3 today). Lately, I’ve been getting a lot from JP Morgan & Chase Bank - 9 today. The newest ones I’ve been receiving attempt to be from Comerica Bank(1), Wells Fargo(1), the IRS (3), Ohio Savings Bank (3), & Visa (2).
For the most part, they’re filtered as spam automatically. If they’re not, I simply add “Dear Chase Bank Customer” to my spam filter.
Basic rule of thumb to live by: Never follow links in an e-mail message. Type in the URL (or follow a bookmark) manually. This alone will make phishing attempts the thing of the past. c|net offers more advice on how to avoid phishing scams
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April 14th, 2006 at 10:52 pm
If you know what you’re doing, that’s OK. But what does the average Joe do who doesn’t have time to bone up on the latest technology and it’s downfalls? I feel for those folks, because phising won’t be a thing of the past until they can be savvy enough to avoid scams too.