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Thursday, May 20, 2004

I usually detect paypal email scams immediately, but the one I just received is worth mentioning. The email looked very official, and at first glance the sender and return address and most importantly the message content all seemd in order and 'sound' like PayPal official business.

Setting my message to view all headers reveals a suspect clue. The message was apparently sent from a domain in germany.

Note the link provided to "confirm my information". Looks like it's pointing to a paypal domain, so if I hadn't looked at the headers, which I doubt most people do, the urge to click is pretty tempting.

In reality, the link points to this URL. Of course I didn't click the link, which I presume would ask me to enter my paypal password. The homepage is in fact, an exact replica of the paypal site.

I'm sure these kinds of scams are well documented somewhere. One more can't hurt.


8:40:51 PM    

Dan Brown, author of "The Da Vinci Code" told a crowd of 800 that the dust jacket of the book contains a code that reveals information about the sequel.


5:33:25 PM    

There's been a lot of commotion about Alexandra Kerry's 'see thru' dress she wore to the Cannes film feestval. Patricia pointed out to me that more than likely it wasn't a see-thru garment at all, but an unfortunate choice of fabric that becomes transparent when flashed by hundreds of photgraphers.


2:39:39 PM    

Shell heeft donderdag de adviesprijs voor een liter benzine verlaagd. Een liter Euro ongelood kost aan de pomp 1,299, een eurocent minder dan de afgelopen dagen.


2:34:25 PM    

NYTimes: "Men who acknowledge having had homosexual sex within the previous five years will not be allowed to make anonymous sperm donations under new rules that the Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce today."


12:35:54 PM    

De betekenis van Hemelvaartsdag.


12:11:54 PM    

Het komt allemaal dichterbij. Zaterdag vertrekken we naar Vegas baby! Hier vast een voorproefje :)


12:08:17 PM    

Margaret Bonnano: "It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis."


10:51:18 AM    


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