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At 02:30 PM 2/6/2005 -0800, RA Friedman wrote: >Yes, this is getting really bad since the "phishers" are now starting to >create exact facsimiles of the real sites. I got one for Paypal recently. >The link takes you to a site that looks just like Paypal. It isn't. The >rule of thumb is don't log into any site unless you have chosen it via the >actual URL in your browser. No legitimate site will ever send you an email >asking you to log-in. 1. Kill the HTML in all incoming e-mail. The true address is almost always invisible in plaintext, hiding underneath in the HTML. 2. Never click a link in an e-mail; copy and paste so you go to the site which appears to the eye. 3. Do not trust appearances. ebay.com is an eBay domain; ebaymembers.com may or may not be. 90+% of my HTML e-mail is spam or phishing. 90+% of my plaintext e-mail is legitimate. I've never received a plaintext phishing attempt. Mike -- [log in to unmask] http://www.mrichter.com/