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Dec. 3rd, 2010
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Phishing warning!
Dec. 3rd, 2010 02:00 pmA site in Taiwan is sending fake "Craiglist verification" emails.
There's an attached html file that is Supposed to be a form you fill out to verofy your account. It asks for your login and password.
I got suspicious and looked at the code in a text editor and found that all but one of the urls inside were legit Craigslist addresses. But that one was 59.124.12.190. Which a quick check shows is hosted in Taiwan.
NO legit outfit will send you an html file to run or display. Instead they'll give you the url to a page on their site.
Well, ok, some *idiots* will. But if you ever get such, contact customer service and rake them over the coals for training their customers to be easy marks for phishing scams.
There's an attached html file that is Supposed to be a form you fill out to verofy your account. It asks for your login and password.
I got suspicious and looked at the code in a text editor and found that all but one of the urls inside were legit Craigslist addresses. But that one was 59.124.12.190. Which a quick check shows is hosted in Taiwan.
NO legit outfit will send you an html file to run or display. Instead they'll give you the url to a page on their site.
Well, ok, some *idiots* will. But if you ever get such, contact customer service and rake them over the coals for training their customers to be easy marks for phishing scams.
