Hackers should be shot

[gonefishing]

with millions pounds collected each year off these scams then you can see what drives them...

 

$500m so far in the US.

 

So far there isn't a place to submit the emails...what it needs is the web powers to be to get off their arse and propagate a block across the DNS servers so that links like that in your email wouldnt work...but anyway if you fancy some light reading then try these

 

http://www.banksafeonline.org.uk/

 

http://www.identity-theft.org.uk/HTML/prot...ctyourself.html

[sanctuary]

After all that I don't feel as bad at least we have not lost money yet.

[Newt]

See how you do on this Phishing Quiz.

 

Latest figures I've seen is that somewhere around 3-4 of 100 people respond to the phishing messages if it relates to a service the person uses. With those massive numbers willing to send account details, passwords, credit card pin numbers, etc., it's no wonder the incidence of this sort of thing is on the rise. A veritable money machine for the crooks asking for the information.

[chesters1]

i got 70% ,i considered them ALL frauds ,in reality it is 110% as i wouldnt respond to any and hence my details are even more secure

[Norrie]

Newt, I got three wrong, and I thought I'd seen them all...I've had most of them...geez......makes you think Eh?????

[chevin]

wotsinaname:

Dear Paypal valued member,

 

Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the paypal

account we have issued this warning message.

 

It has come to our attention that your account information needs

to be updated due to inactive members, frauds and spoof reports.

If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and renew

your records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.

However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension

This notification expires on September 30, 2004.

 

Once you have updated your account records your paypal account

service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.

 

Please follow the link below and login to your account

and renew your account information

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run

 

Sincerely,

Paypal customer department!

 

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I had this note from Citi-Bank two or three weeks ago!

 

Dear valued Citibank member,

 

Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the online banking community we have issued the following warning message.

 

It has come to our attention that your account information needs to be confirmed due to inactive customers, fraud and spoof reports. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and renew your records you will not run into any future problems with the online service. However, failure to confirm your records may result in your account suspension.

 

Once you have confirmed your account records your internet banking service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.

 

 

Please click here to confirm your bank account records.

 

 

Thank you for your time,

Citibank Billing Department.

[Guest jay_con]

Alert ID : 0262341143

 

You have received this email because you or someone had used your account to make fake bids on eBay. For security purposes, we are required to open an investigation into this matter. To help speed up this process, you are required to verify your eBay account by following the link below.

 

http://scgi.ebay.com/verify_id=ebay&user=02626454

 

Please save this fraud alert id for your reference

 

Please Note - If your account informations are not updated within the next 72 hours, then we will assume this account is fraudulent and will be cancelled. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your eBay account has not been fraudulently used to combat fraud.

 

We appreciate your support and understating, as we work together to keep eBay a safe place to trade.

 

Thank you for your patience in this matter.

 

Regards, Safeharbor Department (Trust and Safety Department)

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[Guest jay_con]

Thats the third in 2 days. When you contact Ebay to tell them you just get a computer generated response. Their happy to take your money for advertisement and commission though, then when you need help they arent there, just a **** ing computer

[jeepster]

you dont need help, you just need to ignore it, anything which asks for user id or credit card / bank information is bogus, real ebay communications ask you to sign into your account and change things from there, not via a web link in an email

[rickster]

Is that website a php nuke setup if so i got the security patches to cure the hackers, i wrote a few myself and others i had to ask nicley for. I also had my site hacked 3 times and each time som e anti bush stuff was plastered all over it. The connection between war on iraq/bush and fishing i just dont see.