mark2 Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 1 in 4 internet users hit by phishing mailsWASHINGTON - About one in four Internet users is hit with e-mail scams every month that try to lure sensitive personal information from unsuspecting consumers, a study says. Of those receiving the phony e-mails, most thought they might be from legitimate companies — seven in 10, or 70 percent, were fooled by the e-mails, said the report.more | here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 I've Had e-mails from the FBI CIA lately and after reading digital fortress am not sure whether to believe them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 About half of the 500 or so emails caught in my spam trap were from various "banks" asking for account details/update/you know the sort of thing.A lot were purported to be from US banks but others from well known UK organisations and I can see why people might be taken in by them as they look quite realistic.I make a point of not using Internet banking. I much prefer the old fashioned way. I must be a good customer as well as I've been given the direct number of my local branch rather than an 0845 one that connects to the interrogation department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4\/!d Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 Never had any phish till recently,and I've been getting this sort over the past few days. Barclays Bank - Barclays IBank Customer Notification: DetaiIs ConfirmationThis fraudwatch site is useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 I've Had e-mails from the FBI CIA lately and after reading digital fortress am not sure whether to believe them.I had one of those last week on an email account I've not used for many many years....I just deleted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyWhirly Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 I make a point of not using Internet banking. I much prefer the old fashioned way.I like the convenience of internet banking and I have had an internet account for nearly 5 years and I have not had a single phishing e-mail yet!I would ignore them anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 I started to average over a hundred spam e-mails per day including phishing, my mail address was [email protected]. It was easy for auto diallers to hit upon this. It took a couple of minutes to change my e-mail address to a nonsense one that is easy for me to remember. I doubt very much whether I have had more that two or three spam messages since, as it is very unlikely that auto diallers will hit upon my address. It's well worth the bother. When I register for anything on line I use a Hotmail address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 I make a point of not using Internet banking. I much prefer the old fashioned way.I like the convenience of internet banking and I have had an internet account for nearly 5 years and I have not had a single phishing e-mail yet!I would ignore them anyway.I, too, use internet banking completely for all my finances and would nowadays find it difficult to manage without.Before I changed to broadband and changed my ISP and e-mail address, I used to get phishing e-mails among the dozens of spam each day. I obeyed the simple rule of ignoring all such e-mails and logging on properly to the bank/building society's secure site.Since changing to broadband with a different ISP and e-mail address, I have been left alone, no viagra adverts, no Nigerian scams etc. Long may it continue.Thos. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 [Since changing to broadband with a different ISP and e-mail address, I have been left alone, no viagra adverts, no Nigerian scams etc. Long may it continue.Thos. :)Just confirms what I said above. Change your address to a nonsense one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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