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Old 12-08-2005, 16:40   #4
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Re: A different approach to ebay phishing

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Originally Posted by basa
Surely you would know if you had recently posted an item, what it was and to whom it was sent ??

Why would a spurious email fool anyone ?
You'd hope so, but I can easily imagine people being confused initially and clicking the link cause it's quicker than opening a new browser and manually typing the URL. It only takes a moment's hesitation.

It would help if Outlook and web-based email accounts didn't display html emails, cause then the spoofed URL wouldn't trick people. But then people would moan about not seeing animated smileys and roll-over graphics properly in their emails
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