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Spoof e-mails are all too common these days ... here's one way to spot one.
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The sample fradulent e-mail shown below is an example of some of the messages that are being sent out by people who are trying to steal other people's money. Messages, such as this one, can arrive in your inbox at your e-mail account with the intent to make you panic so you click on the button and proceed to submit personal information. They are normally disguised to look as though they are from ebay, Amazon Books, Paypal, and other major companies, but they are NOT! We are posting this message as an alert to our customers and visitors in order to make you aware just in case you have not seen these before. Most companies have a "spoof" department where such messages can be forwarded. One way to determine the true origin of the message is to save the message as a .txt or .doc file and then open it in a Notepad, Wordpad, Word, etc. ... then you can read the otherwise hidden header information. Below is an example of one of these type of messages. Note that most of these messages will say something like "Dear Member" rather than your name. We hope this information helps you to be more aware while on your computer ... be careful out there! |
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