Comments on: Phishing scam alert! http://christianpf.com/phishing-scam-alert/ Christian Personal Finance - Financial help blog, debt help and other financial resources Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:22:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mei http://christianpf.com/phishing-scam-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Mei Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:30:34 +0000 http://christianpf.com/phishing-scam-alert/#comment-51 I like your topic and the cartoons you use! I may just draw some cartoons related to PF on my blog :) I like your topic and the cartoons you use! I may just draw some cartoons related to PF on my blog :)

]]> By: bob http://christianpf.com/phishing-scam-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-49 bob Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:33:32 +0000 http://christianpf.com/phishing-scam-alert/#comment-49 Bruce, thanks for the tips - this is good additional information. Bruce, thanks for the tips – this is good additional information.

]]> By: Bruce http://christianpf.com/phishing-scam-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Bruce Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:52:52 +0000 http://christianpf.com/phishing-scam-alert/#comment-47 I'm glad you posted this info. It is amazing the number and variety of phishing emails I receive. A few additional tips. Hover over the link in the email and look in the bottom of your browser for the underlying hyper link. Often it will be entirely different than the text. In some cases, it will take you to a subdomain ...e.g. paypal.us.blahblah.com. If you were to go there, you would find a knock-off of the official site where they will gladly capture your login info and whatever other information they can con you into submitting. Peel the URL back to the main domain - in this example blahblah.com and enter it into your address bar (if you dare!) Chances are you will arrive at a site in Russia, Denmark, Middle East, etc. Wherever it lands, its nowhere you want to be! Its an ugly world out there. Take care! hth Bruce http://christiansoldiersonline.org I’m glad you posted this info.

It is amazing the number and variety of phishing emails I receive.

A few additional tips. Hover over the link in the email and look in the bottom of your browser for the underlying hyper link. Often it will be entirely different than the text.

In some cases, it will take you to a subdomain …e.g. paypal.us.blahblah.com. If you were to go there, you would find a knock-off of the official site where they will gladly capture your login info and whatever other information they can con you into submitting.

Peel the URL back to the main domain – in this example blahblah.com and enter it into your address bar (if you dare!) Chances are you will arrive at a site in Russia, Denmark, Middle East, etc.

Wherever it lands, its nowhere you want to be!

Its an ugly world out there. Take care!

hth

Bruce
http://christiansoldiersonline.org

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