Looks like the phisihing/spamming folks are getting creative. Instead of the clumsy, poorly spelled or incorrectly worded messages from supposedly long-lost friends and such, we’re now getting ones that say things like, “Important board meeting,” or “Don’t forget our lunch date,” or “Please confirm your doctor’s appointment.” Any of these could be legitimate, but if you are in reasonable control of your life and know where you’re supposed to be, the best thing to do is send this stuff to the trash bin. This spoken by one who actually opened a legitimate looking email because it supposedly was from his best friend and former boss.
Fun bit is banking or PayPal e-mails.
Since I refuse to do any type of on-line banking, or paypal, I always forward them to the apropriate recipients with full headers or source.
[email protected] works for those, headers copied and inserted, find the source of the phish here:
http://centralops.net/co/DomainDossier.aspx making sure to select at least the left two boxes. Scroll down and find the abuse reporting address.
Banking phish always get reported with source (big) to:
[email protected]
The services are becoming more and more interested in acting on these…rapidly.
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