[guispeak] Re: dangerous spam warning...
- From: "david poehlman" <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 18:41:32 -0500
Le,
This is not a problem. Oneing the message does no harm but may send a
message that you have a valid address. Clicking the link will most likely
result in a form to fill in and as long as you don't fill in the form, you
are in no danger.
Johnnie Apple Seed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laura Eaves" <leaves1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <BLIND-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "w45"
<blindwomen-over45-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "guispeak"
<guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Multiple recipients of NFBnet GUI-TALK Mailing
List" <gui-talk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 2:49 PM
Subject: [guispeak] dangerous spam warning...
Hi all --
I just got a spam in the mail in html format and did some investigation and
found the following:
First, the mail claimed to be from a firm called "internet banking trust"
from the support department, and asked me to "sign on" and enter my bank
account numbers so I could do internet bill pay etc.
Now obviously very few people would do this, but I decided to save the
message and look at the html source to see if I could learn something.
Now I put the source in Notepad and searched for "sign on" and found the
following...
The hyperlink for the sign-on was a raw IP address 200.205.216.74 which I
copied and went into internet explorer and tried going to that address to
see what I'd find, with no info as to who I was or the return email path.
But when I got to the link I got a 403 error page with the following
message:
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HTTP 403 (Forbidden)
You are not authorized to view this page
You might not have permission to view this directory or page using the
credentials you supplied.
If you believe you should be able to view this directory or page, please try
to contact the Web site by using any e-mail address or phone number that may
be listed on the
200.205.216.74
home page.
You can click
search.gif (114 bytes) Search
to look for information on the Internet.
HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden
Internet Explorer
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So the link can't be activated without being in the context of the email.
So if you do receive a suspicious email with a link on it, do not click it!
Who knows what info is sent to the address about you if you click the
link...
Anyway, happy surfing and have a truely happy and enjoyable Thanksgiving!
--le
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