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Re[2]: [Full-Disclosure] Would you trust these Emails (EBAY & PAYPAL)
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- Subject: Re[2]: [Full-Disclosure] Would you trust these Emails (EBAY & PAYPAL)
- From: partysan_FFF@gmx.net
- Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 01:14:16 +0100
TW> As a consequence I'd suggest to any serious company doing business on
TW> the Internet not to send any messages via email ("They normally don't
TW> send mails at all. So I can't trust this one.") or only send messages as
TW> non-formatted text, which raises the bar of fooling people (less people
TW> will be fooled if the real link isn't hidden behind an image or a link
TW> description.
TW> I hate HTML mails anyway and don't let my mail client load images of the
TW> Internet (thus HTML mails reach me in an ugly, naked form).
TW> kind regards,
TW> Tobias Weisserth
A concept like PGP would probably be fairly safe. Mails from your
bank, for instance, should be digitally signed. That would make them
a lot harder to fake. I agree on the non-HTML part, they are an
unnecessary risk.
Is there a way to track where the credit card information from the
fake paypal site goes?
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