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Very Poor Phishing Attempt

Started by jonmadison · 10 months ago

There are decent phishing attempts, and there are really wack ones.
the text of this one is okay, “Dear ebay user” notwithstanding (tip: if they don’t know your real id or name, it’s 99% likely it’s a phish).
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  • Courtney

    4 years ago

    And the typical recipient of these emails don't even think to mouse-over links to get their true target before clicking. I preach sensible Web behavior to my family all the time. The Web's just like any other place nowadays. There are always those that want to take from you what they can't or choose not to earn.
  • jon

    4 years ago

    And the typical recipient of these emails don’t even think to mouse-over links to get their true target before clicking.


    True indeed. I'm sure that's the main reason these guys make money. Interestingly enough, it still should be easy enough to fool even slightly more saavy folk, by using a javascript that changes the status bar to display the fake URL (or hide it altogether) -- which is why i never have liked the fact that you can change the status bar value with a mouseover. oh well.

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