I was suspicious of one which turned out to be legit. Of course it is much harder to spot the real from fake when you can't see the headers, and you can't see URLs the links are pointing to. Anyway, wanna buy a Rolex?
I got a rather clever phishing telephone message on my answering machine the other day, for all the world like a nervous young man who isn't comfortable talking to answering machines, saying he's been trying to contact someone in my household who entered a contest, to tell them they've won a big prize.
The only thing that let it down (apart from "you've won a big prize", which is the natural giveaway these days) was the preceding lady saying "you have -one- message in your voicemail box". Why did they do that? My answering machine doesn't say that, and nor would anyone else's.
I knew those two were wrong, but I was mistaken about the MSN.
Mostly, there just wasn't enough info to judge - even less than one has in real life, as it wasn't possible to check the full headers.
I wasn't terribly impressed with some of the site's advice on how to detect a phishing expedition, either - they went on about how a real email would have permitted a response, and would have had a phone number at which the sending institution could be contacted. Um, no, in many cases, not.
On the other hand, I just don't use "click here" boxes in email, as I don't really trust email from much of anybody.
If I receive an email claiming that I need to update something on an account, I make a note of it. Then, later, after I've closed the browser, cleared the temporary Internet files, and rebooted the computer, I go to the site directly.
I don't think it's so much a matter of organization as motivation; I've known a couple of people who've really been burned, and it would be so easy ...
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I got 9 out of 10 too
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Hey, I thought you didn't do LJ!?
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I got a rather clever phishing telephone message on my answering machine the other day, for all the world like a nervous young man who isn't comfortable talking to answering machines, saying he's been trying to contact someone in my household who entered a contest, to tell them they've won a big prize.
The only thing that let it down (apart from "you've won a big prize", which is the natural giveaway these days) was the preceding lady saying "you have -one- message in your voicemail box". Why did they do that? My answering machine doesn't say that, and nor would anyone else's.
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It was a wrong number :-)
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Only 4 out of 10
- Neil.
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Mostly, there just wasn't enough info to judge - even less than one has in real life, as it wasn't possible to check the full headers.
I wasn't terribly impressed with some of the site's advice on how to detect a phishing expedition, either - they went on about how a real email would have permitted a response, and would have had a phone number at which the sending institution could be contacted. Um, no, in many cases, not.
On the other hand, I just don't use "click here" boxes in email, as I don't really trust email from much of anybody.
If I receive an email claiming that I need to update something on an account, I make a note of it. Then, later, after I've closed the browser, cleared the temporary Internet files, and rebooted the computer, I go to the site directly.
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;-)