-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Fake Gmail notice

Ummmmmmmmm.......
I have been asked by my ISP for my password to an email account when they were 
troubleshooting a problem and wanted to look at my account.   Additionally I 
have been asked by my bank to provide such information.  I would add to your 
very good suggestion and say:

No entity that already has your username/password (& PIN number,
if applicable) will EVER contact you and ask you to reveal those things over the
phone, in an email or by any other method.   You may have to provide that 
information if you call them and ask for help, but you know it's legitimate as 
you initiated the call.  If you receive an email or message asking you to call 
a 
company and they provide a number.......DO NOT call the number provided unless 
you verify that the number is correct (look it up, don't assume it's correct).

 Regards,

 Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy"
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another, it is a brave man, -- it is the man who dares to look the devil in the 
face and tell him he is a devil.

 -- James A. Garfield


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On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:00:08 -0400, Gman wrote:

|  A friend of mine received a Gmail notice saying that they were
|  updating their servers due to a virus infection and that all
|  subscribers must provide their username/password for verification
|  or they would lose their account. This, along with ANY warning
|  message like it, is bogus.
|
|  No entity that already has your username/password (& PIN number,
|  if applicable) will EVER ask you to reveal those things over the
|  phone, in an email or by any other method.  They have other means
|  to 'know it's really you', such as the 'secret question' you
|  answered when you signed up.
|
|  It's almost April Fool's day, so these warnings will probably be
|  all over the place.  Be careful out there, Kids.     :)
|
|  Peace,
|  Gman
|  http://www.bornagainamerican.org
|
|  "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
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