by candidlynuts 2 Replies latest social current
http://www.n15th.com/cgi-bin/MailFrontier/quiztest.cgi?themailfrontierphishingiqtest
can you tell the difference between real emails and "phishing' emails that are out to get your credit card numbers and personal info? i got this link from MSNBC and was surprised at how good the crooks can make emails look.
quiz has 10 different emails you click on and choose either legit or fraud..
i was shocked ..i think i'm puter savy and i missed one. got 9 out of 10.
That's so bizarre, I was just going to post about this! I received the following email from USBANK:
 Dear USBANK valued memberDue to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the online banking community we have issued this warning message. It has come to our attention that your account information needs to be updated due to inactive members, frauds and spoof reports. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and renew your records you will not run into any future problems with the online service. However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension This notification expires on July 30, 2004. Once you have updated your account records your internet banking service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Please follow the link below and renew your account information: https://www.usbank.com/acccount/update.htm Sincerely, |
When you click on the account update, it takes you to a site where you can enter personal information to "update" your account. I didn't fall for it because I don't have banking relationship with this bank at *all* .. but I can see how many people fall for it! I'm naturally suspicious anyway, especially when someone is trying to squeeze a penny out of my tight little fist.. so I got a 10 on the test.
They could use it to clean you out! I went to US Bank's site, and they had an email fraud alert. Wow.. thanks for posting the above quiz.. I'm sure it will help ALOT of people!
Country Girl
If you ever get emails like that ... DO NOT click the link in the email.
Instead, open a new browser window, type in the url to the bank / site etc, ie http://www.paypal.com
Then log in on the proper site and if there is anything you need to do it will tell you there.
