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claudeo

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Redmond, WA

Re: More Phishing News.....

Quick response is the only way to nail them. One thing they all have in common is that they have to direct the victim to a web site that may in turn relay to another site. If these sites can be tracked before they take them down, soon or later there will be a trail leading to the real culprits.
Unfortunately, trying to report a phish is too complicated and time consuming. I tried a few times, but the report forms either made me feel like a criminal (FBI web site), requested too much of my private information (FBI and some financial sites), or was just too cumbersome to use (most of them). Just forwarding from Outlook does not work--headers get lost, but trying to email the entire message source does not work either--typically flagged as spam and rejected. By the time one goes through the hoops and someone bothers to read the report, the phishers have long since moved on.

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Re: More Phishing News.....

said by claudeo See Profile:
Unfortunately, trying to report a phish is too complicated and time consuming. I tried a few times, but the report forms either made me feel like a criminal (FBI web site), requested too much of my private information (FBI and some financial sites), or was just too cumbersome to use (most of them).
I think instead of reporting or wasting your time with Federal agencies it would be better to just shut the spamvertised website down. This would further prevent the spread of the scam.
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More Phishing News..... (Updated 10/21)

Worldwide Phishing Attacks May Come From Just A Few Sources
Ziff Davis - New York,NY,USA
»www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1679953,00.asp

ID theft, phishing altering online habits
By Anne Saita, News Writer
19 Oct 2004 | SearchSecurity.com
»searchsecurity.techtarget.com/or···,00.html

Identity thieves' 'phishing' attacks could soon get a lot nastier
»www.physorg.com/news1608.html

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Study: Few use phishing to troll for data
GCN.com - USA
»gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/27647-1.html

Phishing attacks powered by 'just five' zombie networks
ZDNet.co.uk - UK
»news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/securi···8,00.htm

Users face new phishing threats
BBC News - London,England,UK
»news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3759808.stm

Phishing Attacks possible on Google
Netcraft - UK
»news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/···gle.html

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