posted on September 6, 2005 08:23:40 AM new
I just got this message in my email message box. For an item I have no clue about. Be aware!
This email confirms that you have paid LUXURYWATCHESINC $190.85 USD
Then there was a button for a "dispute transaction" which I clicked and watched the addy url, it went to a foreign domain.
http://lwright.biz/index.html
posted on September 6, 2005 10:15:35 AM new
oh no Salgal48 , you should never click a link in these fake e-mails cause they can download viruses on your computer. Go straight to http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html or http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ just to be safe and check to see if you have a virus
posted on September 6, 2005 11:05:57 AM new
I have an EX partner who would get phishing emails and thought it was great fun to click on the link and enter bogus login information. Yes, he was over 21. He thought it was funny to put curse-words in the login screen. Virus scans? He didn't need no stinking anti-virus software
I feel much safer now that he's no longer on our network
posted on September 6, 2005 03:42:18 PM new
Thanks estate. I'd be lying a little bit if I said that I was completely glad to be back, but there are things that I missed (my Beagle, my bed, and there must have been a third thing ).
It was frustrating, however, to have so little access to good news sources during Katrina. Whatever your politics, the New York Times is a very informative newspaper (and FWIW, I don't disagree with their bias anyway). We could only get some international version of a Miami Herald, and I thought even CNN's coverage wasn't sufficiently informative.
To bring this back on topic: DON'T CLICK ANYTHING YOU DON'T TRUST. I kept myself from logging in while away, because I didn't have my own PC with me, and I didn't want to use an Internet cafe's PC.
posted on September 6, 2005 04:36:17 PM new
If you clicked on any link or button in that email, do as toasted said and go to Trendmicro and run their Housecall free scan. Most likely it will detect a keystroke logging trojan. After it's removed, go to every site you have logged into with a password since clicking on that button, and change your password. If it's any other type of worm or virus, change every password on every site you visit.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
posted on September 6, 2005 06:59:16 PM new
Any time you get one of these either from eBayu or P/P, if your full name isn't shown in the heading, it is a scam.
Life Is Too Short To Drink Bad Wine
[ edited by sanmar on Sep 7, 2005 10:46 AM ]
