Comments on: Phishing attacks move to telephone http://www.ghidinelli.com/2007/10/31/phishing-attacks-move-to-telephone Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:55:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: steve http://www.ghidinelli.com/2007/10/31/phishing-attacks-move-to-telephone#comment-40885 steve Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:10:54 +0000 http://www.ghidinelli.com/2007/10/31/phishing-attacks-move-to-telephone/#comment-40885 Just like what Don said above. Thanks for posting this. I found your post by Googling some of the text of the message. And thanks to Pete too for the link to CUNA. Just like what Don said above. Thanks for posting this. I found your post by Googling some of the text of the message. And thanks to Pete too for the link to CUNA.

]]> By: Pete Martin http://www.ghidinelli.com/2007/10/31/phishing-attacks-move-to-telephone#comment-40883 Pete Martin Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:03:17 +0000 http://www.ghidinelli.com/2007/10/31/phishing-attacks-move-to-telephone/#comment-40883 CUNA is on to this scheme: http://www.cuna.org/newsnow/07/system110107-1.html CUNA is on to this scheme: http://www.cuna.org/newsnow/07/system110107-1.html

]]> By: Scott http://www.ghidinelli.com/2007/10/31/phishing-attacks-move-to-telephone#comment-40882 Scott Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:54:35 +0000 http://www.ghidinelli.com/2007/10/31/phishing-attacks-move-to-telephone/#comment-40882 Speaking of phone scams, I got paranoid this morning when I received a call from a web site I had recently ordered stuff from. They were saying my credit card had been declined, and would I like to use another card. I asked if I could correct my order on the web site. The caller said no, it had to be over the phone. Hmm... I told the guy I'd have to call back. I looked up the phone number on the web site. It didn't match the one the caller called from. So I called the toll free number and asked what was going on. Turns out everything was kosher, they really did have problems with the card. The phone number didn't match because of some weirdness with their outgoing phone system. But I could easily imagine things being otherwise. I would have been reading my credit information to some random dude over the phone. DON'T give out your information on a call you did not initiate yourself, or a phone number you cannot verify! Speaking of phone scams, I got paranoid this morning when I received a call from a web site I had recently ordered stuff from. They were saying my credit card had been declined, and would I like to use another card.

I asked if I could correct my order on the web site. The caller said no, it had to be over the phone. Hmm…

I told the guy I’d have to call back. I looked up the phone number on the web site. It didn’t match the one the caller called from. So I called the toll free number and asked what was going on.

Turns out everything was kosher, they really did have problems with the card. The phone number didn’t match because of some weirdness with their outgoing phone system. But I could easily imagine things being otherwise. I would have been reading my credit information to some random dude over the phone.

DON’T give out your information on a call you did not initiate yourself, or a phone number you cannot verify!

]]> By: Dan G. Switzer, II http://www.ghidinelli.com/2007/10/31/phishing-attacks-move-to-telephone#comment-40877 Dan G. Switzer, II Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:19:59 +0000 http://www.ghidinelli.com/2007/10/31/phishing-attacks-move-to-telephone/#comment-40877 It still amazes me that these kind of fraud attempts are still succesful enough to keep on doing. It amazes me that *anyone* buys anything from a spam message they get. Obviously there's enough people actually spending/sending their money in that it's making it well worth the trouble spammers go through to put that spam out there... It still amazes me that these kind of fraud attempts are still succesful enough to keep on doing. It amazes me that *anyone* buys anything from a spam message they get. Obviously there’s enough people actually spending/sending their money in that it’s making it well worth the trouble spammers go through to put that spam out there…

]]> By: Don http://www.ghidinelli.com/2007/10/31/phishing-attacks-move-to-telephone#comment-40876 Don Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:36:12 +0000 http://www.ghidinelli.com/2007/10/31/phishing-attacks-move-to-telephone/#comment-40876 Glad you put this up; I found this post by Googling for a couple of phrases in the message I just got, which is identical except for the phone #. It really had me going for a few seconds, until my bullshit detector kicked in. So far, this is the only hit Google brought up. I'll definitely forward it to my contacts with an appropriate warning. Glad you put this up; I found this post by Googling for a couple of phrases in the message I just got, which is identical except for the phone #. It really had me going for a few seconds, until my bullshit detector kicked in. So far, this is the only hit Google brought up. I’ll definitely forward it to my contacts with an appropriate warning.

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