Protecting your Aux Brain from Fraud Forums

Malc

Hi,
Thought anyone who uses XP could be interested in this anti PHISHING toolbar, (free download of course)

http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=25 43&cat_id=911

Regards Malc Idea

autostratus · Moderator

Surely, if you know enough about 'phishing' to warrant thinking about this add-on then you already know enough to not succumb to the requests for information.

Or am I being naive?

roifromnwales

here's me thinking that phishing was one did wiv a rod.
tell us about it? don/t leave us in suspenders [they chafe my thighs]

rozinante

Must rescue you from those suspenders Roi. Smile

Phishing is sending those bogus emails that claim to be from a legit website. They usually contain a link to a bogus web site where you are requested to confirm your details.

Lots about trying to get peoples ebay details a while back.

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Steven

Malc

Hi Gillian,
I don't think you are being naive, but there are outfits about who are, any attempts however obvious to eliminate these leeches are welcome. If you read the blurb it is something about a worldwide database to block their activities. However, I would be naive to think that a way round the scam or a alternative is/will not be found , for if there is people clever enough to write progs to stop a scam, conversely there are those who are clever enough to find a way around it.
Regards Malc

dodger148

Anything that will help identify the source of internet rubbish is a help or should be, but databases are only as good as they are upto datet. You could switch on the tracking that most decent email programs(sorry dont think Outlook Express has these features) have to establish the source or for web sites have a link to somewhere like "who is" that does similar tracking for URLs.
Its a sad fact that these lowlifes have nothing better to do

HelenB · Moderator

Think I have just had one of these from purporting to come from Pay pal, it was a very genuine looking and sounding document, but when following the link that would have ' prevented' my account from being used by someone else the web address changed from the https that it should have been to just http, so I am guessing that this was not from paypal security?
Have copied it and sent it to paypal security and deleted it. Would have been very easy to be sucked in by it though if I had been tired or not really concentrating. Everyone please be very, very careful Wink

DABurleigh

Helen,

Indeed. See:

HelenB · Moderator

Quite right Dave ......ER hate to admit to this but I had read that thread and then forgotten about it Embarassed

However I am sure that it sowed a seed which led me to be careful so thank you for the warning.
Must be old age zooming up at me or something Embarassed