by the mass amount of spam that accuumulates in the spam accounts. My yahoo account that I use as a "public" address can get several hundred in the space of a couple of weeks. People wanting to send me drugs for body parts I'll never have (or want), my Nigerian fortune, all manner of stuff. Still, a couple dozen manage to sneak through to my main accounts each week.
And then there was the new phish attack I got the other day. Very official email from the IRS, saying I had an additional refund coming, and they could deposit it through my debit card. The link takes you to a very official looking IRS web page that asks for your bank name, account number, debit card number, expiration, PIN, in other words, everything they would need to clean you out.
Of course, I went to the REAL IRS site, found their fraud alert address, and forwarded it to them. I mean, if they really owe me money, they already HAVE my direct deposit info, they've had it and it hasn't changed in the last twelve years.
I may have been born at night, but it was NOT last night!!
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I'm always so amused...
Date: Thursday, 10 January 2008 22:50 (UTC)And then there was the new phish attack I got the other day. Very official email from the IRS, saying I had an additional refund coming, and they could deposit it through my debit card. The link takes you to a very official looking IRS web page that asks for your bank name, account number, debit card number, expiration, PIN, in other words, everything they would need to clean you out.
Of course, I went to the REAL IRS site, found their fraud alert address, and forwarded it to them. I mean, if they really owe me money, they already HAVE my direct deposit info, they've had it and it hasn't changed in the last twelve years.
I may have been born at night, but it was NOT last night!!