Don't get caught Phishing

by NotJohnnyDamon on Jun 14, 2006 9:12 AM PDT

By Phishing I mean email that seems to be from a reputable source telling you to "confirm your account information". Not fun with the jam band.

I just received an email from "PayPal" saying that I have to update my account information or my account will be deactivated. Thing is, the email they sent this to is one that I made up solely for AN. I haven't used it anywhere else.

The email, and most of the URLs, look legit. The action URL goes somewhere else, though, and probably will do nasty things to your machine if you go there. Double bad nasty if you actually give them any valuable information.

Don't get caught in the Phishnet!

This Phish email was sent to the address I created for AN. I thought it might be relevant to post a warning here, too.

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This has been going on for a while

<censored> hackers. I also get these e-mails where some guy says that he has 10 million pounds that was left over from somebody who died in a plane crash and he's willing to give it to me, but i have to pretend to be related to the dead person.

Spam is so annoying.

CaliforniaGirl-GET AIM My.....Space?

by ohad on Jun 14, 2006 9:25 AM PDT reply actions

i don't know

that might be worth it.

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 14, 2006 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions

Trust me, it's not..

Look up "419" on the internet and see what I mean.

by sarchasmic on Jun 14, 2006 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions

i'm just kidding

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 14, 2006 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions

wait a minute, are we related?

Frank Thomas is big.

by robber23 on Jun 14, 2006 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions

I personally am dying for the day

when i can go "phishing" again...with the jam band.

oh do i miss Trey, Mike, Fish, and Page. But alas i will see Trey and Mike in a few weeks in Atlanta and Raleigh :)

Wonder if there are any 'heads' on the A's team. My guesses would start with Danny Haren.

$1000 worth of liquor for Cupcakes and Swish and 'friends'. Hope it worked...

by jrwolf on Jun 14, 2006 9:34 AM PDT reply actions

It will happen someday.

I refuse to believe it is really over.

"The first night, we were right there," Bradley said. "All we needed was a couple of touchdowns, and we would have had them."

by jeepers on Jun 14, 2006 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions

NICE pun Jeepers

I agree with you. And the boys have hinted at a reunion.

Hopefully it's a clean comeback and they can really put the appropriate time and energy into it.

I don't need 75% phish. Or Phish with an oblique strain....

$1000 worth of liquor for Cupcakes and Swish and 'friends'. Hope it worked...

by jrwolf on Jun 14, 2006 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions

spam is just awful

i get this guy trying to sell credit cards.

I own too many darn shoes!

by californiagirl on Jun 14, 2006 9:38 AM PDT reply actions

Spam is great

especially with rice and scrambled eggs and jufran!

death to myspace!

by malikot on Jun 14, 2006 9:52 AM PDT reply actions

banana ketchup

taga saan ka?

by richharden40 on Jun 14, 2006 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions

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Lovely spam, wonderful Spam,
Spa-a-a-a-a-a-a-am,
Spa-a-a-a-a-a-a-am,
SPA-A-A-A-A-A-A-AM,
SPA-A-A-A-A-A-A-AM,
LOVELY SPAM, LOVELY SPAM,
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LOVELY SPA-A-A-A-AM...
SPA-AM, SPA-AM, SPA-AM, SPA-A-A-AM!

"If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life" - Brooke Shields

by Philip Christy on Jun 14, 2006 10:36 AM PDT reply actions

Hey Now! Not Johnny D!!!

Aren't you the cat who use to sit behind me in 107 and yell, "Marco!" all game?

While taint is everywhere and baseball is certainly no different, it's important that it be treated with open attention-Devo

by saint @ Athletics Nation on Jun 14, 2006 10:40 AM PDT reply actions

Meow!

I am that cat.

I'd yell Marco, and MrsNotJD would yell Scutaro, whenever he'd get up to bat. I'd also don the Ronnie Mac wig and yell "Fear the Clown" when he'd get up to bat.

We'll be at the game this evening in 107 again.

by NotJohnnyDamon on Jun 14, 2006 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions

I moved from 107 to LF:

It was a "Drum" induced coma!!!

I am busting out my new drum tonight!!! I am stoked!!!

While taint is everywhere and baseball is certainly no different, it's important that it be treated with open attention-Devo

by saint @ Athletics Nation on Jun 14, 2006 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions

If I could trade in my 107 tix

for LF seats and join the drum corps I'd love it. Can I set up a full trap set? Is there room?

Until then it's 107 row 3 for me.

by NotJohnnyDamon on Jun 14, 2006 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions

interestingly, the only time i've been phished

is when I used paypal to buy something from AN- it was a coffee mug i use in my office. I paid more for the shipping costs then for the mug itself.

"The Matt Watson/Chiba Lotte Marines Fan Club"-The Committee is accepting new memberships (please pay in Yen). "Raking" numbers soon to be posted.

by bigelephant on Jun 14, 2006 11:32 AM PDT reply actions

yea

the uc system has a directory online where you can see anyone's email address to their school.... i'm so familiar with the paypal phishes (?). forward the email to spoof@paypal.com... they reply back with a "thank you for bringing this suspicious email to our attention... yakadi smack... blah..blah... we can confirm that this blah blah did not come from paypal crap...blah...eh..."

so much on my mind, i just can't recline -respiration watch out for bears

by ucla kid on Jun 14, 2006 12:24 PM PDT reply actions

I gotta believe that PayPal has a leak somewhere

A while back I set up a PayPal account that I was going to use for some online ordering system for a client. The email address used for this account and the online ordering was never used anywhere, or published. Yet, to this day, that email address gets about a dozen spam a day and only PP knew that the address existed (oh, and it was not a generic username/email like webmaster/postmaster/root/etc). I have a couple of other unpublished email addresses that get zero mail.

by NotJohnnyDamon on Jun 14, 2006 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions