Comments on: Phishing Scams: My Facebook Experience and Reactions http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/phishing-scams-my-facebook-experience-and-reactions/ Kim Woodbridge WordPress Consultant Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:05:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kim Woodbridge http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/phishing-scams-my-facebook-experience-and-reactions/#comment-7028 Kim Woodbridge Wed, 06 May 2009 12:47:08 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=3986#comment-7028 Hi Ajith - We must not be friends on facebook because you would have received the email from me ;-) That was not a fun day. Hi Ajith – We must not be friends on facebook because you would have received the email from me ;-) That was not a fun day.

]]> By: Ajith Edassery http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/phishing-scams-my-facebook-experience-and-reactions/#comment-7022 Ajith Edassery Wed, 06 May 2009 09:49:30 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=3986#comment-7022 I heard about the latest phishing attempts but never experienced it... probably because I am not very active on facebook :) <abbr><em>Ajith Edassery´s last blog post - <a href="http://www.dollarshower.com/blog-scraping-how-to-deal-with-it/" rel="nofollow">Blog Scraping - How to deal with it?</a></abbr></em> I heard about the latest phishing attempts but never experienced it… probably because I am not very active on facebook :)

Ajith Edassery´s last blog post – Blog Scraping – How to deal with it?

]]> By: Kim Woodbridge http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/phishing-scams-my-facebook-experience-and-reactions/#comment-7010 Kim Woodbridge Tue, 05 May 2009 17:33:44 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=3986#comment-7010 Hi - I suppose all four of them could have clicked on the same link and sent you the message. Or maybe one of them was hacked and it sent the message to each person in their contact lists ... that only really makes sense if all four of them know each other though. Hi – I suppose all four of them could have clicked on the same link and sent you the message. Or maybe one of them was hacked and it sent the message to each person in their contact lists … that only really makes sense if all four of them know each other though.

]]> By: Chinese Girl http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/phishing-scams-my-facebook-experience-and-reactions/#comment-7004 Chinese Girl Tue, 05 May 2009 10:25:24 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=3986#comment-7004 I have experienced exact the same thing two days back but from windows live messenger, I got messages from 4 of my friends all showing a web link which asks me to log into my hotmail account I just ignored them. But for last two days I have been thinking how did it happened . Do you think all those accounts are hacked ? I have experienced exact the same thing two days back but from windows live messenger, I got messages from 4 of my friends all showing a web link which asks me to log into my hotmail account I just ignored them. But for last two days I have been thinking how did it happened . Do you think all those accounts are hacked ?

]]> By: Kim Woodbridge http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/phishing-scams-my-facebook-experience-and-reactions/#comment-6999 Kim Woodbridge Tue, 05 May 2009 00:36:27 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=3986#comment-6999 Hi Dennis - Yep - I've contacted paypal before at that address. I got an email one time that spam didn't catch and they did a really good job - it looked valid. And paypal responded quickly. Hi Dennis – Yep – I’ve contacted paypal before at that address. I got an email one time that spam didn’t catch and they did a really good job – it looked valid. And paypal responded quickly.

]]> By: Dennis Edell http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/phishing-scams-my-facebook-experience-and-reactions/#comment-6989 Dennis Edell Mon, 04 May 2009 16:45:39 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=3986#comment-6989 spoof@ebay.com spoof@paypal.com Two valuable email addresses. ANY suspicious emails from either should be forwarded to the respective address...you will get replies. <abbr><em>Dennis Edell´s last blog post - <a href="http://www.directsaleswebmarketing.com/article-marketing-made-easy/" rel="nofollow">Article Marketing Made Easy</a></abbr></em> spoof@ebay.com
spoof@paypal.com

Two valuable email addresses. ANY suspicious emails from either should be forwarded to the respective address…you will get replies.

Dennis Edell´s last blog post – Article Marketing Made Easy

]]> By: Kim Woodbridge http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/phishing-scams-my-facebook-experience-and-reactions/#comment-6972 Kim Woodbridge Mon, 04 May 2009 12:19:23 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=3986#comment-6972 Hi Valerie - At first I didn't want to send the email because I was thinking the last thing people wanted was another message from me but it seemed like the responsible thing to do. I agree - the people who do these things are obviously clever - why not use those skills for good? Hi Valerie – At first I didn’t want to send the email because I was thinking the last thing people wanted was another message from me but it seemed like the responsible thing to do.

I agree – the people who do these things are obviously clever – why not use those skills for good?

]]> By: Kim Woodbridge http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/phishing-scams-my-facebook-experience-and-reactions/#comment-6971 Kim Woodbridge Mon, 04 May 2009 12:18:18 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=3986#comment-6971 Hi Colleen - Ebay and paypal seem to have a lot of problems. Those types of scams make more sense to me because there is financial information involved - facebook and twitter, not so much. Hi Colleen – Ebay and paypal seem to have a lot of problems. Those types of scams make more sense to me because there is financial information involved – facebook and twitter, not so much.

]]> By: Natural http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/phishing-scams-my-facebook-experience-and-reactions/#comment-6960 Natural Mon, 04 May 2009 09:24:18 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=3986#comment-6960 I'm glad you sent out that email and alerted your readers about this scam. i had an email with that link from "you" when i got home. i was able to delete it w/o my account being compromised. i really don't know why people waste their time doing evil and stupid stuff like this. <abbr><em>Natural´s last blog post - <a href="http://thinkingoutloudblog.com/mirror-mirror-on-the-blog/" rel="nofollow">Mirror, Mirror on the Blog….</a></abbr></em> I’m glad you sent out that email and alerted your readers about this scam. i had an email with that link from “you” when i got home. i was able to delete it w/o my account being compromised.

i really don’t know why people waste their time doing evil and stupid stuff like this.

Natural´s last blog post – Mirror, Mirror on the Blog….

]]> By: Colleen http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/phishing-scams-my-facebook-experience-and-reactions/#comment-6954 Colleen Mon, 04 May 2009 03:52:51 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=3986#comment-6954 The bottom line is never click a link unless in the website the supposed link represents. We've done a lot of work in eBay and eBay is notorious for phishing scams. We have learned to login to eBay to make sure the link is legitimate! <abbr><em>Colleen´s last blog post - <a href="http://www.joelane.com/real-estate-blog/lease-to-own-houses/" rel="nofollow">Lease to Own Houses</a></abbr></em> The bottom line is never click a link unless in the website the supposed link represents. We’ve done a lot of work in eBay and eBay is notorious for phishing scams. We have learned to login to eBay to make sure the link is legitimate!

Colleen´s last blog post – Lease to Own Houses

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