Avoiding Phishing Emails
Phishing is the evil practice of sending fake emails that try to get the recipient to disclose confidential information such as passwords, credit card details, etc. These emails are sent by criminals, and I always get several a week.
Earthlink's Protection Blog has an excellent article on 10 ways to recognize phisher (spoof) emails.
Examples include:
Generic Greetings, A False Sense of Urgency, Mispellings and many more.
Phishing attempts stand out to me because I'm an uptight security dude. However, they do fool many intelligent people so beware.
Earthlink's Protection Blog has an excellent article on 10 ways to recognize phisher (spoof) emails.
Examples include:
Generic Greetings, A False Sense of Urgency, Mispellings and many more.
Phishing attempts stand out to me because I'm an uptight security dude. However, they do fool many intelligent people so beware.
posted by Ted Demopoulos at 11:16 AM
Comments on "Avoiding Phishing Emails"
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Jen said ... (Tuesday, June 21, 2005 11:34:00 PM) :
post a commentAlso, at least for me, if I'm getting email from Nigeria I can tell it's no one I know.
I'm sure lots of people have friends and family there, but even then I'm sure they're not all tribal chieftains or heads of obsure governmental factions. It should still probably be a clue for most folks.