phishing can be reported to the Federal Trade Commision
"The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive and unfair
business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help
consumers spot, stop and avoid them. To file a complaint or to get free
information on consumer issues, visit www.ftc.gov or call toll-free,
1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357); TTY: 1-866-653-4261. The FTC enters Internet,
telemarketing, identity theft and other fraud-related complaints into Consumer
Sentinel, a secure, online database available to hundreds of civil and criminal
law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad."
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/phishingalrt.htm
Frederic
MCP, IT Project+, i-Net+, CIWA, A+
member of: CompTIA-ITPRO, HDI, IETF
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----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Smith
To: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Cc: parry(_at_)aftab(_dot_)com
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 11:16 PM
Subject: Most impressive Phish I've seen (Fw: Visa Security Update)
Just received this Phish email.
What is amazing about it is that, while it looks like a plain ascii email, it
was actually in HTML, and HTML had been used to make it look like an plain
ascii email.
I don't remember giving Visa any of my "nosense.org" email addresses, so I
was suspicious. Clicking the "http://www.visa.com"; link took me to this URL
http://server445.servers101.com/suspended.page/
Fortunately, it looks like the phishermen have been noticed, and the bogus
site shut down.
The only way I discovered it was bogus was to view the original email source,
to then see the HTML.
Just goes to show, you should never click any URLs in emails that are asking
about any private or sensitive information, irrespective of how legitimate or
harmless they appear to be.
(Now to find where to disable HTML in my mail client ...)
Regards,
Mark.
Begin forwarded message:
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 07:04:20 -0500
From: Visa International Service <security(_at_)visa-security(_dot_)com>
To: mark(_at_)nosense(_dot_)org
Subject: Visa Security Update
Secure with Visa
Dear Customer,
Our latest security system will help you to avoid possible fraud actions and
keep your investments in safety.
Due to technical security update you have to reactivate your account
Click on the link below to login to your updated Visa account.
To log into your account, please visit the Visa Website at
http://www.visa.com
We respect your time and business.
It's our pleasure to serve you.
Please don't reply to this email. This e-mail was generated by a mail
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