How Come I got this email?
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Slimy, scumbag, bastards!
Don't know if this will help, but I downloaded Internet Explorer 7.x
Supposedly, it has some kind of anti-phishing software. Don't know if it actually works, but I've never gotten such emails AFAIK.
Don't know if this will help, but I downloaded Internet Explorer 7.x
Supposedly, it has some kind of anti-phishing software. Don't know if it actually works, but I've never gotten such emails AFAIK.
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Joined: Oct 2000
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From: Toronto, Canada
99.9% of the time you can avoid getting screwed by smelling the phish before you eat it. Ask yourself does this make sense? I get them all the time related to PayPal saying how my account was suspended and I need to update my account information to reactivate my account.
I can sort those out by checking a couple of things:
1) was the email sent to the account I have registered with paypal?
2) if I login to paypla with my browser do they tell me the same thing or it there some noticeable problem with my account that would prompt them to send me the message?
3) if I view the source of the message and look at the link they want me to click does it in fact take me to paypal.com or somewhere else? Is the link obfuscated in some way using special encoded characters?
If any of these things smell off then toss it in the bucket or if you are diligent you can report it and ask if it's legit. The same applies to s2ki emails or any other emails from anyone, even your family or friends. If you assume that every email you receive is bogus until proven otherwise then you can be pretty certain you won't be had. I would not rely on technology to sort out good from bad entirely because software lacks the ability to relate to the content except mathematically and not rationally.
Just be sure to check over suspicious emails especially ones you don't expect before you take any action they suggest. You can get burned by just reading an email but it's unlikely today if you keep your software patched and/or run a virus scanner. Phishing has become the preferred means of duping you these days.
I can sort those out by checking a couple of things:
1) was the email sent to the account I have registered with paypal?
2) if I login to paypla with my browser do they tell me the same thing or it there some noticeable problem with my account that would prompt them to send me the message?
3) if I view the source of the message and look at the link they want me to click does it in fact take me to paypal.com or somewhere else? Is the link obfuscated in some way using special encoded characters?
If any of these things smell off then toss it in the bucket or if you are diligent you can report it and ask if it's legit. The same applies to s2ki emails or any other emails from anyone, even your family or friends. If you assume that every email you receive is bogus until proven otherwise then you can be pretty certain you won't be had. I would not rely on technology to sort out good from bad entirely because software lacks the ability to relate to the content except mathematically and not rationally.
Just be sure to check over suspicious emails especially ones you don't expect before you take any action they suggest. You can get burned by just reading an email but it's unlikely today if you keep your software patched and/or run a virus scanner. Phishing has become the preferred means of duping you these days.
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