My first phishing mail!
I got my first phishing attack today! Now I know thats nothing to be happy about and it wasn’t even a mail asking for any of my bank information, just eBay account details. But every time someone talks about phishing or I have to attend a presentation on it, I had always felt left out because everyone around me seemed to have some story or the other to relate. And I had never even got one phishing attempt!
So, finally! I have one of my very own too! But a pretty lame attack, actually. Considering the fact that I dont have an eBay account and that the link provided (on the email it shows as signin.ebay.com) translates to some weird domain name, someone has to be really naive to fall for this one. But I have to admit that the rest of the mail looks pretty genuine.
Now that I have one, I just hope that its not the start of a lot more to come. I would rather have no stories to tell than have to scan every email ever so carefully.
I used to get mails from Bank of Barclays. And hardly looked authentic. The ones that scared me were the Paypal ones, because I have an account with them. Thankfully, I had the presence of mind to check the URL.
Comment by Hyde — October 25, 2005 @ 9:18 pm
Its easy to detect for net savvy users. But I can very well imagine an old lady, who has just learnt to use the computer, being fooled by these kind of emails.
Comment by Sue — October 25, 2005 @ 9:47 pm
Yuop, thats the scary part.
Comment by Hyde — October 26, 2005 @ 12:33 pm
Thanks for dropping by. Echo Sue’s thought.
Comment by Arunima — October 27, 2005 @ 9:36 am