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Old 13-08-2011, 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by asimov View Post
Just recently got a couple of emails, one from the westpac bank & one from Paypal - Pretty sure they are scams because I don't have an account with either

So watch out for those one's guys/gals.
"From" is the wrong word. "Pretending to be from" is what you mean. If you look at the targets of the URLs in the email you will find things like http://hacked.web.site.somewhere/a/random/directory/name/target-bank-phishing-scam-here

I have accounts with several financial organisations. There are no links in their emails. You have to fill in your own link in your browser.

Andrew
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