ID theft alert

[Rik]

Sophos are reporting a potentially dangerous email:

"Sophos has identitied a spam email campaign that tries to lure recipients into handing over a wide range of personal information with the promise of a $250 gift card. The email uses a variety of painful puns associated with the spooky celebrations on 31 October."

""It's not immediately obvious whether this spam is being sent to commit identity theft or whether it's market research gone mad. If you visit the site and give it your personal information the chances are that you will be bombarded with unwanted junk email until hell freezes over," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "There's no evidence to reassure people that they will really receive a gift card - and as the people behind this website have already proven themselves prepared to send unsolicited spam, this is probably more of a trick than a treat.""

[zafira53]

I get these on a daily in my gmail a/c [spam] they go to the bin

[Rik]

The worry is the people who send off their bank details to strangers in Nigeria.

[Simon]

The worry is the people who send off their bank details to strangers in Nigeria.

To be honest, people who still fall for that one shouldn't be allowed online in the first place!

[Rik]

Agreed, then we're back to my belief that web users should have to take a proficiency test.

[Gary]

Agreed, then we're back to my belief that web users should have to take a proficiency test.

I think a campaign needs to be launched about this, I stopped a friend phoning a false paypal (shudders) number to give her credit card details after an email, nice way though to get info, no links just a dodgy phone number social engineering needs some old fashioned schooling here to stop people doing really dumb things.