[kwlug-disc] Password scam

CrankyOldBugger crankyoldbugger at gmail.com
Wed Oct 22 15:53:42 EDT 2014


Those are known (at least the TD bank one) as "phishing" scams.  I get them
quite often.  I teach my wife and daughter to always look at the link's URL
before they click.

And also to consider the fact that we don't bank at TD!


On 22 October 2014 15:32, William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> This is one of better scam I've seen.  It redirects you to a page to get
> you to "sign" in, thus collecting your email address and password.
>
> The best scam (which someone fell for) was exact duplicate of TD Bank's
> site.  Looking at the page, you wouldn't suspect at all, especially if
> you were busy, forgot to sign off, or left computer for awhile.
> --
> William
>
> ----- Forwarded message from David Sukhdeo <davidsukhdeo at gmail.com> -----
>
> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 11:54:27 -0700
> From: David Sukhdeo <davidsukhdeo at gmail.com>
> Subject: Important files
> To: undisclosed-recipients: ;
> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0160aed826b9a80506077a8c
>
> There are some interesting Documents I think you may feel interested in. I
> tried to upload and attached them yesterday
> but I am not really sure you received it. so I uploaded it through the
> Google Uploader.
> you can click on this link to redirect you to view the document.  *Click
> here <http://megabrokerviviendas.com.ar/viewline/>* and sign in to be able
> to access the files.
>
> Regards.
>
> David
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
>
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