Wed, 22 Aug 2007

A new e-mail scam

The real value of this little gem isn't the warning it issues. It's the link it provides to an earlier series from the same author on a little application from Microsoft called DropMyRights.

This guy (Michael Horowitz) "gets it", security wise. Read and learn.

Yet another e-mail-based scam, reminding us of the importance of always be skeptical about e-mail messages, and not to judge them based on the from address.

(link) [CNET News.com]

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