Beware!!!
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I usually check to see the e-mail addy of the sender.
On this occasion, it was for e-biiling @bt...with the dot com bit.......but the link that would have taken me through to the page which requests your details...well I didn't get that far as my security flagged it up as malware.....but for those who are maybe less savvy,(not that I am that savvy) it could have been taken for real.
I also checked with my bank and the payment went out without any hitches. So I knew it was a phishing e-mail.
What I don't understand is how can they have the same e-mail addy as the real BT??
On this occasion, it was for e-biiling @bt...with the dot com bit.......but the link that would have taken me through to the page which requests your details...well I didn't get that far as my security flagged it up as malware.....but for those who are maybe less savvy,(not that I am that savvy) it could have been taken for real.
I also checked with my bank and the payment went out without any hitches. So I knew it was a phishing e-mail.
What I don't understand is how can they have the same e-mail addy as the real BT??
Well, I did not know you could do that......so something else i have learned.
Saying that....I am no wiser as to where the e-mail originated....it is lines and lines of gobbledy gook.
You can ignore most of it, if you`ve right clicked the link, the target will be highlighted.
Also works with links in the forum, so if someone hides the link by saying click this link, if you right click etc. you can see the target webpage without actually going to the page.
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They don't. The scammers use a "genuine" email as the basis for their own. They change some or all of the content, the closer it is to the original, the more likely it is to be accepted. It's likely that the payload is in a different link, or an attachment in the email.
Sub domains:
For example http://www.barclays.12bucklemyshoe.co.uk/accounts.php is actually 12bucklemyshoe.co.uk/accounts.php....clicking on it could get you fleeced of your savings and a cactus inserted up ones rectum to say thanks
For example http://www.barclays.12bucklemyshoe.co.uk/accounts.php is actually 12bucklemyshoe.co.uk/accounts.php....clicking on it could get you fleeced of your savings and a cactus inserted up ones rectum to say thanks
I have noticed(upon close inspection) that the Logo for BT on the bogus e-mails is distorted....so now as soon as I see this they get deleted without a thought.
Sub domains:
For example http://www.barclays.12bucklemyshoe.co.uk/accounts.php is actually 12bucklemyshoe.co.uk/accounts.php....clicking on it could get you fleeced of your savings and a cactus inserted up ones rectum to say thanks
That's a good example of how they try and trick you into thinking the address is a real one because most people don't understand what you are explaining.
For those who might be wondering that is not a real address so clicking it would take you anywhere iffy.
I was talking about this with a lad at work and in about 5 minutes I had created a perfect copy of paypals website to show him how easy it is to do.
That was just lucky for you though as anyone with half a brain can make the logo look right before they send the email out.
So that lets me out,i couldn't do it.
I have had three of these bogus e-mails and all of them have a distorted logo.
They have all been sent to the abuse@bt site for them to deal with......so are they really dealing with them as I still get them ?
I don't see how they can do anything about it. The spammers have your email address and will just keep sending spam to you from different addresses
I do not give out my e-mail address......I do not forward 'funnies'.
My spam filter would normally weed them out, but I am a BT customer so I can't put BT on my black list.....unless of course you know of a way to do it.
If you do then I would be delighted to hear of it. Till then I will just delete those with a distorted logo.
My spam filter would normally weed them out, but I am a BT customer so I can't put BT on my black list.....unless of course you know of a way to do it.
If you do then I would be delighted to hear of it. Till then I will just delete those with a distorted logo.