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"She Has a Three"
Jan. 18th, 2008 09:32 pmNow that's chutzpah.
I just got another phishing e-mail. This one, again purportedly from Amazon, claimed - again, as usual - that my account had been suspended. The explanation, though, was that they suspected I had been hit by a phishing attack. There followed a detailed and accurate description of what phishing is, and then the usual "to reactivate your account, go :here:". (The words of :here: had to do with Amazon, but the hidden URL was given in digital form, which is always a red flag.)
I'm torn between admiration for the brazenness of it and thinking that anyone who would read a description of phishing and then click on that link really must not have both oars in the water.
I just got another phishing e-mail. This one, again purportedly from Amazon, claimed - again, as usual - that my account had been suspended. The explanation, though, was that they suspected I had been hit by a phishing attack. There followed a detailed and accurate description of what phishing is, and then the usual "to reactivate your account, go :here:". (The words of :here: had to do with Amazon, but the hidden URL was given in digital form, which is always a red flag.)
I'm torn between admiration for the brazenness of it and thinking that anyone who would read a description of phishing and then click on that link really must not have both oars in the water.
