Re: FN-FORUM: Mail from paypal

date posted 3rd August 2004 23:59

On Tuesday 03 Aug 2004 11:30 pm, John Murphy wrote:

> Anyone got any thoughs on this?

They've got somebody that can spell to do the phish email.
Many would-be fraudsters fail to realise that their credibility=20
is seriously undermined by emails that begin "Hi, this is=20
BankBarclays please chek your account detail here".

Secondly it's really quite a cunning phishing tactic.
The target is so busy fuming at being wrongfully accused of=20
dodgy behaviour that they won't stop to check where it's=20
come from.

Thirdly it's hosted on a Taiwanese machine. Nothing new there=20
then. Can you find a suitable email address to write to? Can you?
No.

Fourthly the form handler is at http://www.cutandpastescripts.com/
This really is a new one to me. Seems prety daft to me - why not
run a handler on a nice safe compromised machine rather than with=20
a UK based company that is very keen to co-operate with The Law.