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Beware of Phishing Emails

Submitted by Peter on Mon Jun 06 2005 08:47 over 3 years ago

Someone at work got a phishing email. Looking through the html, I found this: 

 <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
  style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><a
  href="http://www.paypal-3089740289dsdasdfedd.8800.org/navbar/34098.html"><span
  style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=117 height=35
  id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://paypal.com/en_US/i/logo/paypal_logo.gif"
  onMouseOver="click('')"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

I'm no expert in javascript but it looks to me like just moving the mouse over an image is going to cause it to be clicked, taking you to a paypal clone site and filling your hard disk with spyware. Outlook XP disables javascript in emails, and just as well.

Filed under: email outlook phishing

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