Comments on: HOWTO: Spot Phishing Email Like a Pro

By: What is Phishing? « Pursuing Excellence

What is Phishing? « Pursuing Excellence — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:52:12 +0000

[...] Cap’s succinct tutorial on how to spot phishing, with a fantastic illustration of the warning signs, over at the StopBuyingCrap [...]

By: TJP

TJP — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 03:46:47 +0000

Nice post. I used to get these Paypal emails all the time saying my account info needed updated. Before ever opening one, I always check the link source and it always had some weird URL that didn’t look like something Ebay would send.

It was a Phish email, and Paypal sent out a warning later that week. But I’m terrfied of the targeted phishing. What will hackers think of next???

By: Single Ma

Single Ma — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:37:59 +0000

Excellent article! I’ve never fallen victim to phishing scams (thank God), but I always err on the side of caution and delete them all. If I think something legitimate is going on with my account, I delete the email, then go login and check for message or account activity.

Also, just FYI – I don’t think #3 (Non-US Dating Format) is a surefire sign of phishing. In fact, ddmmyyyy is THE dating format used by official US Government correspondence. :-)

By: David B.

David B. — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:42:01 +0000

Excellent article. These guys are getting smarter and better when it comes to these emails that they send out. I’m pretty computer savvy, so I tend to spot them right away and delete them. In fact, I just got one yesterday from International Travel or something like that. Anyhow, I can definitely see how people can fall for something like this. A non-technical person probably wouldn’t even think twice about that email. What I would’ve liked to have seen in this post is the page that you get taken to when the link in the email is clicked. Usually they’re very professionally done and contain all of the logos and graphics from highly reputable companies. Very deceiving.

By: Cap

Cap — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:28:29 +0000

thanks! had to wait for a phishing email so I can gave an example. sure enough, received one recently.

it’s too bad I don’t have one for a targeted phishing. really wanted to point that out more.

By: Shelley

Shelley — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:31:58 +0000

Cap – you have some great observations here that will benefit a lot of readers. I think the visual really helps. Keep up the good work!
Shelley