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Comment from Lee Nelson Guptill on 2009-12-07

2009-12-07T15:47:52Z

Merna, I went to sonicwall.com to take the phishing test, and I got nine out of ten right. Thx for the educational tip!

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Comment from Merna B. on 2009-12-02

2009-12-02T22:17:42Z

Go to http://www.sonicwall.com/phishing/index.html for a phishing test. I answered nine of the ten questions but chose "no answer" for one of them, giving me a score of eight out of ten. The "Explain Answer" links on the test results page have some helpful pointers for detecting phishing.

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Comment from Ken B on 2009-11-30

2009-11-30T17:26:58Z

Michelle,

You sound surprised that a link that says "www.ebay.com" to the user could actually go to buyleoalatte.com instead. But, think about it. How many times have you seen "click here to do something", and never thought "how does that do to a website not called "click here"?

The answer is simple... That's how HTML works. There is an HTML tag which says "when you click here, do this", and the text within it is what is displayed to the user.

Basically (hoping the formatting comes through):

real site name

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Comment from Rich Wenzel on 2009-06-27

2009-06-27T16:09:43Z

I assume that the following (series) of emails to me are a scam, but Hotmail makes it almost impossible to verify. Can anybody help?
Thanks! -Rich

[LARGE collection of scam/phishing examples deleted.]

Those are all scams. They don't come from official Hotmail email addresses. The English in the messages is grammatically incorrect. They ask for personal information, which such a message would NEVER do.

Here's the official word from Microsoft on this scam: Phishing Scam: Hotmail Warning (Verify Your Hotmail Account Now to Avoid it Closed)

Visiting Windows Live Help is always a good first step.

- Leo
28-Jun-2009

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Comment from kim on 2008-03-04

2008-03-04T14:39:44Z

hi,
i would just like to say thank you,
i recently have been getting emails from according to email from the royal bank of scotland,
the email actually said:

Dear Royal Bank Of Scotland Customer,

Update and verify your information by clicking the link below:
">">https://www.rbsdigital.com/default.aspx?refererident/upgrade>

*Important*

NOTE: FAILURE CAN RESULT TO ACCOUNT SUSPENSION.

P. R. Crush
Security Advisor
The Royal Bank of Scotland © 2008.
i did click on the link but my security on the pc said that the site is a reported phishing website, so i typed what a phising site was on google and this is why im reading this article.
i didnt have a clue about it

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Comment from Terry Hollett on 2008-02-09

2008-02-09T16:14:32Z

I've had my own experiences with phishing, which I have written about on my own site: http://www.geocities.com/terryhollett2003/Phishing.htm

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Comment from Jacki Richey on 2008-01-29

2008-01-30T04:26:01Z

When signing in to hotmail tonight, I was asked to verify my account and give my email address and password again. Then I was asked whether or not I agreed to hotmail live's terms of service and privacy policy. I clicked on yes, and got the same screen again. I completed it a second time. Then I could not log into hotmail and was told that my site might not be working at this time or my site might not be a certified windows live site. Your article makes it appear that this web site was actually phishing. Now what do I do?

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Comment from Lily on 2007-12-12

2007-12-13T07:46:25Z

Dear Dr. Leo,
The phishing attacked my email address just in the same way as you described. I received an email which seems to come from Window Live... and ask me to supply my personal information to update my account, otherwise my account will be closed in a couple of days. To avoid any inconvenience, I updated my personal information. Since yesterday, I failed to log in my account. Subsequently, some of my friends informed me that they received an email from my hotmail account claiming that "I" was in trouble in a African country where I have never been and ask them to send "me" some money. Thank you for your informative help. I will never be a fish of "phishing".

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Comment from jereme on 2006-08-08

2006-08-09T04:55:47Z

Leo Guess What!??
I've got too much time, and so found out that
http://www.ebay.cc is a real website.
Er...Well..It was.
Now it's for sale!
As I said, I've got too much free time.

Well,
see-ya later!!!

PS:
Msn.net takes you to Msn.com
ebay.hacker.com takes you to sea.search.msn.com
my typing error of Ebat.cc also takes you to sea.search.msn.com
And http://72.3.133.152 takes you to a custom made 404 does not exist, by Plentic.

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Comment from michelle on 2006-02-27

2006-02-27T15:23:26Z

Leo, How did you that?! I hovered my mouse over that sample ebay link in your Phishing article, just like you said to do, but it was really a Link to Latte for Leo!! Tell us how you did that! BTW, lattes are fattening! Michelle

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Comment from lynette on 2006-01-18

2006-01-18T14:18:18Z

I keep getting a messages saying that my msn address is not verified! How do I fix the problem??

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Comment from Leo on 2005-12-15

2005-12-16T05:46:30Z

Delete those mails and do not respond to any further contact. That's a classic internet scam and should be avoided at all cost.

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Comment from Lynette Smith on 2005-12-12

2005-12-13T01:29:22Z

Thankyou so much for your VERY informative help.
I know you probably will think I am daft but as a teacher albeit not a computer literate one or a young wizz kid, I am struggling. I have received e-mails from someone supposedly from Zimbabwe,who claims to have suffered under Mugabe, and is asking me to invest money for her as she says she knows I am a Christian and am trustworthy. How the hell did they get my email address? Oh and they are asking for my 'phone number. Please can you help me? I would be so grateful for your help.Are these people for real?
Is this phishing and what are they up to, they won't leave me alone.They are now offering me 25%
it is no one I teach as they do not have my email.
Lynette Smith.

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