Have you been a victim of these latest news phishings?
By douchrti
@douchrti (176)
United States
August 19, 2008 10:10am CST
Hello all,
Hope all is well.
I was wondering if have, or know anyone who has been a victim of theses latest news Phishings.
I'd appreciate the info if you dont mind.
What happened, how you fixed it, the results.
Im doing a article about them and so far the ones who are victims are not well schooled in the area of online safety, I need some info from those who are computer savvy.
Ive clicked on several to see what they try to get from you and its the usual, a site with ads or a site that wants you to sign up and give em your personal data.
Take care, and thanks in advance.
1 response
@TheGiant (81)
• United States
19 Aug 08
Typically these things are pretty obvious, but not always, and one can be careless and not pay attention.
I did get caught once, I had recently made an eBay transaction, I got an email claiming to be from eBay, and was careless and not paying attention, even though it seemed odd to me some of the information they wanted, but I fell into their trap anyway. The way I discovered it was that they tested my account with small transactions, so I contacted the company they used to make them, and got most of the money back ($1 here $1 there) and then I went to my bank, they closed my account and opened a new one with my previous balance. That's the best thing you can do, change whatever they stole so they can't find you.
