NSR - Online Fraud... please read

[ans]

I just re-read this stuff b/c I was phised by Amazon.com and I thought I was cautious. I've seen lotsa fake PayPal ones but this one looked like an excellent replica too.

Yap, fell for it but nothing was compromised and am getting new cards immediately.

Beware!

[mmglobal]

Very convincing one today....

From: US Airways [mailto:wwwtke@borntosend.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 10:13 AM
To: mark
Subject: Your Online Flight Ticket N 46900

Dear Sirs,
Thank you for using our new service "Buy airplane ticket Online" on our website.
Your account has been created:

Your login: email address was here
Your password: pass08VF

Your credit card has been charged for $693.49.
We would like to remind you that whenever you order tickets on our website you get a discount of 10%!
Attached to this message is the purchase Invoice and the airplane ticket.
To use your ticket, simply print it on a color printed, and you are set to take off for the journey!

Kind regards,
US Airways

___________________________________________

This came with an attached zip file that I did not open. I was tempted to check with credit card companies to make sure I had not been charged. Then I noticed return address obviously has nothing to do with US Airways.

I have recently flown US AIR, so it was hard to ignore it. However... I just deleted it.

Mark

[dshobbies]

A good idea when you suspect a fraudulent email is instead of clicking on the link, type in the email address of the company as you know it and log in as you usually would. If a message is real, before viewing your account, a message will appear giving you all necessary info.

Also instead of just deleting fraudulent emails, I delete it permanently by holding down the shift key while deleting... in outlook.

[mmglobal]

You have to be careful.... some times the link will appear to be a link to the legit website. In internet explorer (depending on your settings) when you hover over the link, you see the actual link address on the lower left of your screen. You can also right click on the link and select properties to get the real link address.

Often I see a link like:

www.billing.paypal.com.email-notify.ru/0982349872.html

It looks like a link to paypal, but it's linking to a website called email-notify.ru

This is nasty stuff and a lot of people are getting ripped off. I still don't understand why the powers that be cannot shut the spammers and online fraud people down. The cost to the world's economy is enormous.

[mmglobal]

They will graciously provide you with software that will allow you to keep all of your passwords safely. Don't be a victim of this kind of scam!!! You can be sure that their software will look very professional and give you a vault to keep your passwords in. You can also be sure that it will phone home with your usernames and passwords.




Attention all Customers RBC Bank USA!
Each person at the RBC online banking has his or her private RBC ID and password.

- Do not give your RBC NetID and password to anyone else, even if they are close friends or members of your family!
- Do not let others use your account, even if you log them in!

Be sure your computer is up-to-date with security patches, anti-virus, and anti-spyware protection.
Download our latest Password Protection Internet Software to make your online business totally secured.

Install RBCBankx.cert now (This is a VERY long link that resolves out to kiokpeabc.com)


With best regards, Bruce Haney.
RBC USA Bank Support Department.