[guispeak] Re: dangerous spam warning...
- From: <ptusing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:59:56 -0500
Please report it to your isp and Happy Thanksgiving.
----- 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
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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:
> -------
> 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
> -------
>
> 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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