05-21-2003, 06:14 PM
I just got an e-mail scam message, a pretty clever one.
Spoofed sender: Earthlink Customer Support (Earthlink is my ISP)
Message: Problem with your monthly bill
Something like this (I deleted it, don't recall exact wording):
There was a problem with processing your last monthly bill. It appears that your credit card is expired. Please click here to update your credit card information.
Of course it's a scam. I clicked the link just to see where it took me, it was a spoofed Earthlink page out of somewhere in Europe (Italy, as I recall).
Now, that's a pretty convincing scam. Especially if you're not sure which card you have set up to make monthly payments.
Spoofed sender: Earthlink Customer Support (Earthlink is my ISP)
Message: Problem with your monthly bill
Something like this (I deleted it, don't recall exact wording):
There was a problem with processing your last monthly bill. It appears that your credit card is expired. Please click here to update your credit card information.
Of course it's a scam. I clicked the link just to see where it took me, it was a spoofed Earthlink page out of somewhere in Europe (Italy, as I recall).
Now, that's a pretty convincing scam. Especially if you're not sure which card you have set up to make monthly payments.