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roz


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Post: #1
12-11-2007 08:21 AM

We've just had some bogus emails from ''NatWest'' requesting bank account and log in details, and very convincing it was too as very similar in style, design and content to the real thing.

Its so easy to be taken in by this stuff even if you're not normally gullible; please be careful if you receive emails from a source purporting to be your bank.

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Sherwood


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Post: #2
13-11-2007 10:29 AM

I have had several of these. Unsure
The big clue for me is often that I don't have an account with the bank! Rofl
Banks will never email you asking for confidential details, pin numbers or passwords.

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bigjulie


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Post: #3
13-11-2007 09:47 PM

What if all the little yellow heads were taken over by the Phishers?
There would be chaos I'm sure.

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robwinton


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Post: #4
13-11-2007 11:28 PM

bigjulie wrote:
What if all the little yellow heads were taken over by the Phishers?
There would be chaos I'm sure.


Mellow Huh Scared Cursing

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Ooperlooper


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Post: #5
15-11-2007 08:42 PM

There's also a phenomenon known as 'pharming' - a cracker's attack aiming to redirect a website's traffic to another, bogus website.

Following this scheme of using 'ph' to mean bogus things, I'd like to coin the term 'pharting' to mean the production of bogus art.

For example, Tracy Emin's 'My bed'. She's a phartist if ever I saw one.

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