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Most of my efforts helping others were too little or too late: educating after the fact, Ubuntu Linux (too incompatible), password managers (left unused), etc.
How does the HN community protect their loved ones from these things?
Shipping account suspended
Dear XXXX,
FedEx shipping privileges for account number ending in NNNN
have been suspended. To access and update your credit card
data, log in to FedEx® Billing Online.
Log in today (Button)
I call FedEx Revenue Services, and they can't find anything wrong with the account. They tell me the account isn't suspended. They want the expiration date on my credit card updated before the end of the month, but it hasn't expired yet.
I look at the message source, and it looks like it's really coming from FedEx, and the link really goes to FedEx. I keep looking, and can't find anything wrong in the headers. It's a legit email. It's just stupidity at FedEx.
Sloppy work, FedEx, sending out an email like that. You're training people to click on links they should not click on.
Otherwise I just advised her not to give out personal information, including email, phone and credit card numbers. And don't click links in emails she does not recognize the sender or looks suspicious. Best not to even open them. In doubt, I'm usually available to doublecheck.
Pendrives caused a lot of problems in the past, luckily broadband solved most of the file transfer issues.
As a result of this, I wrote a series of articles to try an educate my readers on the dangers of replying and/or dealing with any spam or scam emails.
Here are the links:
http://www.confessionsoftheprofessions.com/avoid-phishing-sc...
http://www.confessionsoftheprofessions.com/truth-seo-marketi...
http://www.confessionsoftheprofessions.com/confessions-profe...
http://www.confessionsoftheprofessions.com/how-to-notice-a-s...
http://www.confessionsoftheprofessions.com/teaching-children...
What really irks me is getting an email like this: Shipping account suspended Dear XXXX, FedEx shipping privileges for account number ending in NNNN have been suspended. To access and update your credit card data, log in to FedEx® Billing Online. Log in today (Button) This just screams "scam", especially since I haven't used the FedEx account in months. When I log into FedEx (not using the link in the email), my acco…
https://superuser.com/questions/505503/how-can-you-fake-an-e...
That being said, there's no getting around education. It's key to prevent a person from being scammed out of their passwords or oauth-access in the first place.
What really irks me is getting an email like this: Shipping account suspended Dear XXXX, FedEx shipping privileges for account number ending in NNNN have been suspended. To access and update your credit card data, log in to FedEx® Billing Online. Log in today (Button) This just screams "scam", especially since I haven't used the FedEx account in months. When I log into FedEx (not using the link in the email), my acco…
It is very easy to spoof an email address[1], so it could be that it is someone from outside of FedEx. https://superuser.com/questions/505503/how-can-you-fake-an-e...
Try it, then see how many times you can hit a @gmail address.
What really irks me is getting an email like this: Shipping account suspended Dear XXXX, FedEx shipping privileges for account number ending in NNNN have been suspended. To access and update your credit card data, log in to FedEx® Billing Online. Log in today (Button) This just screams "scam", especially since I haven't used the FedEx account in months. When I log into FedEx (not using the link in the email), my acco…
It is very easy to spoof an email address[1], so it could be that it is someone from outside of FedEx. https://superuser.com/questions/505503/how-can-you-fake-an-e...