posted on December 1, 2004 06:05:06 AM new
My friend received a spoof email. It looked real to her so she clicked the link (they wanted her password....) She said the minute she saw the page, it didn't look right to her.
She logged on to Ebay and changed her password.
I told her to send her email to spoof@ebay and sure enough it came back as being a fake email.
What happens if you click the link but do not enter any information?
posted on December 1, 2004 06:37:21 AM new
For starters, the spoofers now know that the computer-generated e-mail they sent went to a real person. Not sure what other ramifications, if any, there are. Others here will know, though, smart folks, all.
posted on December 1, 2004 07:02:29 AM new
In 30 days, her computer will sponstaniously begin to sing I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy. For an encore it will sputter and spurt and then explode.
Seriously though... nothing will happen.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
posted on December 1, 2004 09:52:37 AM new
Well, here is a smattering of info I learn from visiters to my humble page:
-Host / IP
-Referrer (for example, did they get it off a board, an email or a search engine)
-Agent Information (browser, version, platform)
-res (screen resolution, i.e. I can rethink image size, page size and other stuff and make it easier for people to read)
-color (16 or 32 bit resolution)
-Timestamp (when there)
-online (how long browsing site)
-what pages browsed
-what country
That's just with my freebie stat service.
I also get a plethora of stats through Crystaltech, which I hardly use.
So, yes, they have a good bit of info.
It's not the end of the world, but she is now a valuable commodity in the world of spam: a person who answered the door when they knocked.
Thank goodness she didn't enter he password!!!
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It's easier to watch a camel get stuffed
through the eye of a needle, than watch
a man use heaven to get all his friends rich
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Avatar wish list....
...and he must possess a kind eye...
[ edited by Japerton on Dec 1, 2004 09:53 AM ]
posted on December 1, 2004 04:13:49 PM new
Just had one today, It looked so real, except P?P always uses https, not http. I sent it to spoof & sure enough it was a scam.
posted on December 1, 2004 04:49:10 PM new
I click on the links in the spoofs all the time. The information I give them reads like the script in a twisted porno script....lol!! They HATE ME!!
posted on December 1, 2004 06:14:58 PM new
If you do click on the links in a spoof email, make sure you have your anti virus program up to date. Those links can lead to an infected page that will try to load a Trojan onto your computer. My AV program caught several of them in a rash of phoney "ask seller a question" emails last year. The trojans they were trying to load were keystroke logging programs. You don't have to put your username and password in their phony login page. If a trojan gets on your hard drive, they'll get that info anyway.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
posted on December 3, 2004 01:29:28 AM newIn 30 days, her computer will sponstaniously begin to sing I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy. For an encore it will sputter and spurt and then explode..
posted on December 3, 2004 02:00:11 PM new
I once entered information about my credit card from a spoof email supposedly from "ebay". <blush> I had recently changed my credit card number so it was completely believable that I would get it. As I clicked "enter" (or whatever it was), I realized what I was doing!! I immediately called my credit card company for a new number. It was inconvenient, but at least I realized it right away!
