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On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 20:20:44 -0600, Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > You can click on this link safely and then LOOK at the URL of the web site that > you get to. DO NOT just assume that it's really paypal just because it looks > official. I beg to differ. Despite my healthy skepticism of the media when they write on technology, they're dead-on here: http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/01/20/tech.phishing.reut/index.html I would not click on any site that was sent to me in an unsolicited email, especially not in IE. What's safer is that if you mouseover the url, you'll see the actual URL Usually it's going to be an IP address (ie http://192.168.100.27/paypal/) . And for goodness sake, patch yout systems, especially if you're using IE and Outlook express. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~