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Amazon Targetted by Phishers

February 8, 2006 by Michele Neylon 3 Comments

Amazon are the latest company to join the list of phishing targets.


The email is quite simple, yet effective:
Amazon Phishing email
(my email filter has flagged the link as being dubious)
Of course the site it sends you to is completely bogus:
Amazon phishing site
It starts getting “scary” once you get further into the site, where they ask you not only to confirm your credit card details, but also your pin. So much for “chip and pin” etc!
Amazon phishing credit card
At all times you are visiting:
Amazon url phishing
Some people like to be flippant about phishing. This is yet another example and reason why you can’t be complacent and dismissive.

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  1. Anthony says

    February 8, 2006 at 9:21 am

    Those pics kill your layout man. 🙂
    On topic, I’m amazed at how many people fall for phishing attempts but I think the problem lies in the fact that some people are unaware of the address bar. They visit Google and type in something like http://www.dublin.ie and then use Google’s link.

  2. michele says

    February 8, 2006 at 11:23 am

    Anthony
    I know it breaks the layout, but there isn’t much I can do about it apart from playing with image sizes etc., which I had no energy to do first thing this morning 🙂
    I’m not amazed in the least by the success of phishers. Visiting Google does not come into the equation.
    Michele

  3. Anthony says

    February 8, 2006 at 11:59 am

    I can understand that alright. 🙂
    Was just using the Google example to illustrate the fact that most users won’t look in the address bar to ensure they are using the right site. If it looks OK they’ll generally go with it.

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