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Re: [SLE] What the heck is this?!
- From: David Bolt <fhfr-yva-r@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 18:56:14 +0100
- Message-id: <ws7sXKK+GbtCFwva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005, Richard Atcheson <ratcheson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:-
>> 2005/6/18, Ciro Iriarte <cyruspy@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > I received something similar (?!)
>> > -----------------------------------------------------
>> > Deutsche Bank
>> > <CandidaBrody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a mí
>> > Dear Deutsche Bank Customer,
>> >
>> > This email was sent by the Deutsche Bank server to verify your e-mail
>> > address. You must complete this process by
>> > clicking on the link below and entering in the small window your
>> > Deutsche Bank online access details. This is done for
>> > your protection - because some of our members no longer have access to
>> > their email addresses and we must verify it.
>> > To verify your e-mail address, click on the link below:
>> >
>> > http://www.deutsche-bank.de/the_id_goes_here
>> > -------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>It's one of the most popular scams on the net, called phishing. They try to
>get you to go to their site, a fake one made to look like the real thing,
>then get you to give them your account numbers and passwords so they can
>drain your account or charge up your credit card. Ignore them or forward it,
>along with full headers, to the REAL site, usually at abuse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>Never, ever, respond by clicking on anything in the email. Legitimate sites
>never send such a message to customers.
It could be someone using a Challenge-Response system and has forgotten
that joining a mailing list sends challenges to anyone that sends to the
list.
Regards,
David Bolt
--
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>> 2005/6/18, Ciro Iriarte <cyruspy@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > I received something similar (?!)
>> > -----------------------------------------------------
>> > Deutsche Bank
>> > <CandidaBrody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a mí
>> > Dear Deutsche Bank Customer,
>> >
>> > This email was sent by the Deutsche Bank server to verify your e-mail
>> > address. You must complete this process by
>> > clicking on the link below and entering in the small window your
>> > Deutsche Bank online access details. This is done for
>> > your protection - because some of our members no longer have access to
>> > their email addresses and we must verify it.
>> > To verify your e-mail address, click on the link below:
>> >
>> > http://www.deutsche-bank.de/the_id_goes_here
>> > -------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>It's one of the most popular scams on the net, called phishing. They try to
>get you to go to their site, a fake one made to look like the real thing,
>then get you to give them your account numbers and passwords so they can
>drain your account or charge up your credit card. Ignore them or forward it,
>along with full headers, to the REAL site, usually at abuse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>Never, ever, respond by clicking on anything in the email. Legitimate sites
>never send such a message to customers.
It could be someone using a Challenge-Response system and has forgotten
that joining a mailing list sends challenges to anyone that sends to the
list.
Regards,
David Bolt
--
Member of Team Acorn checking nodes at 63 Mnodes/s: http://www.distributed.net/
AMD 1800 1Gb WinXP/SuSE 9.3 | AMD 2400 160Mb SuSE 8.1 | AMD 2400 256Mb SuSE 9.0
AMD 1300 512Mb SuSE 9.0 | Falcon 14Mb TOS 4.02 | STE 4Mb TOS 1.62
RPC600 129Mb RISCOS 3.6 | A3010 4Mb RISCOS 3.11 | A4000 4Mb RISCOS 3.11
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