[phishing]Letters. We get lots and lots of Letters

[astrogirl]

I get an enormous amount of spam. This is mostly because I have been using the same account for years now, plus I own the same domain I have for the same six years. I thought I'd post some fine phishing examples, since I got some yesterday.

I use a spamfilter of my own creation, and these were caught by it.

First, I have a Suntrust scam. This is telling me that someone has made a possibly spurious charge at a store and I need to log in and talk to them!!! Keep in mind that they do not know if I have an account there. I also get scams for Citibank, and I've never banked there. The link that looks like it goes to the login screen goes to a special URL ginned up to look like the login screen but captures your banking info in order to rob you.

More in the next message...

 

[astrogirl]

Classic Nigerian Scam

This is a classic Nigerian Scam. I got two last night that I noticed.

The idea involves wire transfers and checks that ultimately bilks you out of whatever money you put into getting the big pot of money they say they have.

If you ever want to know if any particular scam is making the rounds, I probably have a copy.