False e-mail looking username and passwords

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Author: Dennis Kibbe
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Subject: False e-mail looking username and passwords
Quoting KevinO <>:

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> MCR wrote:
> > I recently received an e-mail that was an attempt to
> > get a username and password. This e-mail address had
> > a return address as an e-bay address. When the e-mail
> > was opened it asked for my ....
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> This has been reported in the media already:
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> http://www.imakenews.com/emailresults/e_article000097314.cfm


The article illustrates a good reason NOT to use oe accept HTML e-mail. Too eazy
to hide a phoney URL!

Dennis Kibbe


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