MSN Phishing Scam still making
the rounds Twinkie at ComputerHelpClub wrote: I
received a message from MSN thru email as follows: Dear MSN
Customer, During one of our regular automatic verification
procedures we've encountered a technical problem ... We urgently ask you
to submit your information so that we could fully verify your identity ...
Twinkie was asking if she should reply to
them. As a general rule, never click on
links in an email that requests information. Always go to the website of
the business on your own to verify that they need information from you.
This email is a scam and several members
replied telling Twinkie about it. Shannon at ComputerHelpClub wrote in to
tell us about DosHelp.com where you can learn about recent scams and
report them.
Quote from DosHelp.com - The term 'phishing' is like 'social
engineering' because the sender of the message is trying to fool you into
disclosing your private information. Phishing sites look very much
like or "exactly" like the target site, often this is enough to get people
to believe them.