Daily Archives: August 3, 2005

Guys, you’re not even trying…

For those of you who aren’t familiar with phishing scams, the basic idea is that they try to trick you into sending them your financial information by pretending to be from a company you do business with. Basically, if you get an email from a bank insisting that you confirm your account details under threat of suspension, don’t believe it.

So, I just got a phishing e-mail, purportedly from Paypal. Thing is, whoever sent this one didn’t do a terribly good job.
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