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02/01/2006 02:41:29 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by LoudDog:
Reply and put false info in there. Make them waste their time. |
You always have a different, practical and effective point to view.
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02/01/2006 02:42:43 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by LoudDog:
Reply and put false info in there. Make them waste their time. |
That might be illegal too, especially if some of the "false" information happens to match up with a real person.
Maybe if you fill it with nonsense or null characters ... |
So do you! :)
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02/01/2006 02:56:51 PM · #28 |
| No, I never click on any links. I forward them to the authorities and delete them immediately. |
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02/01/2006 03:02:06 PM · #29 |
| when you forward these messages to the spoof accounts at the "real" places, make sure you put the full headers of the email into your message. it's really difficult for them to track the source down otherwise. |
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02/01/2006 09:43:48 PM · #30 |
If you use Outlook Express to read email, if unsure about where email came from, you don't have to open it to read it.
Right-click, then click on properties. Click the 'Details' tab, then click on Message Source.
There, you have all header information, as well as seeing the source code.
With fraudulent emails, such as above, just look at the actual http link that it is being sent to, NOT the one that they say it is going to.
As said before though... forward to appropriate places, and then delete.
Why would you want to let them know by replying, even with crap answers, that it's valid and used account? They just tag you and then you get even more garbage from them and their friends. :( |
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02/01/2006 09:54:58 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by LoudDog:
Reply and put false info in there. Make them waste their time. |
This can be dangerous. I've heard that some phishing sites are infected with keyloggers, password stealers and other spyware that "drive-by" downloads without user intervention upon visiting the pages.
I am sometimes involved with investigating phishing sites at my full-time job, and have never encountered this myself; of course I also use Firefox. Nonetheless I'm throwing it out there for what it's worth.
~Terry
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02/01/2006 09:57:43 PM · #32 |
i got one of those eventho i dont have a PayPal account, LOL
very lame indeed. |
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02/01/2006 10:04:56 PM · #33 |
| LOL, thats the best one I'e ever seen! |
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02/01/2006 10:09:53 PM · #34 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by BradP:
I simply forward all these to spoof@paypal.com |
I also sent a copy to spam@uce.gov -- I think that's the FTC or whatever agency is in charge of investigating this stuff.
If you're using Windows, you can mouse-over (not click) the link, and you should be able to read the actual URL of the link target -- it should be obvious that it's not from PayPal.
You'll probably see similar messages purporting to be from eBay, or from a bank. |
For years I've been using uce@ftc.gov. Read that somewhere years ago. You don't suppose all those nigerian fraud schemes I've been sending have been going into the bit bucket, do you?
You know, on a side note, I always think twice when forwarding one of those fraud emails to the uce account. If I forward a fraud, does that make me a felon too? ;)
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02/01/2006 10:13:41 PM · #35 |
The lastest group that has been hitting my mailbox is fake ebay wanting to aske seller a question. I haven't sold anything in months! Also there are now Fake Amazon emails and not as easy to report as you have to go thier website instead of an easy thing like forwarding to spoof@....
The short of it is in 6-7 years of having both Ebay & Paypal accounts the "real" places have NEVER sent me an email (aside for thanking me for spoofs) so I find the fraudulent emails easy to catch. |
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02/01/2006 10:18:20 PM · #36 |
| has anyone received an email from Langdon or Drew asking for username and password yet? I think we are missing something here, lol! |
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02/03/2006 10:13:25 AM · #37 |
Originally posted by LoudDog:
Reply and put false info in there. Make them waste their time. |
Don't do this.
These things are typically sent out by compromised Home PCs, the best I have been able to track shows many of them in Asia and even Russia. The entire email is spoofed and created off of the compromised PC and typically the links take you to another compromised Home PC with a webserver that may well be designed to compromise PCs that simply view the webpage it provides.
Honestly, the very best and safest thing for you to do is delete these, don't even open them up or 'Preview' them, if you have a mail client that 'Previews' things for you automatically, disable that feature. |
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