David
No,there is another.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
clubs: |  Be careful earthlink users
The fact it looks real and smells real and due to the new IE vulnerability they are looking for you.. |
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CO_Chris
Premium
join:2001-08-28
Broomfield, CO
 ·Comcast
·Earthlink Cable Mo..
 ·Comcast Digital Vo..
| Got this about a month ago
This funny thing here is that i was not on earthlink any more but my email address was still active. oh well
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korym
Go Wisp's
ExMod 1999-03
join:1999-12-23
Richmond, VA
clubs:
| Wow...
I could see how people might get confused. It certainly looks like an Earthlink-authorized message. Granted, we're all told not to send CC info or personal info and that Earthlink, AOL, etc. will never ask for this info but there are people out there who simply don't think of that.
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CO_Chris
Premium
join:2001-08-28
Broomfield, CO | reply to CO_Chris
Re: Got this about a month ago
sorry look at where it came from. @netscape.net email addy |
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arden625
join:2001-07-10
Haledon, NJ | Only once
I only got it once back in November and I forgot to forward it to the right e-mail address and just deleted it. I guess I'm lucky it never showed in my inbox again. |
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richk_1957
If ..Then..Else
Premium
join:2001-04-11
Minas Tirith | I got it late last year...
...the same day that I got the invoice from Earthlink that my credit card had been successfully billed. I checked my credit card account & sure enough, the monthly fee was debited, so I just deleted it the message. |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | It scares me knowing how many people would not have the common sense to do what you did...... |
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Dude
What Happens When I Do This
Premium
join:2000-11-20
Chicago, IL
clubs:
·BroadVoice
| man how hard is it for an ISP to send en email message to all it users sting that they will never ask for billing or contact info via email. Kinda like how MSN messenger has that warning stating thr same
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | There's many people out there who spend an hour figuring out that their mouse doesn't work because it came unplugged....I think even if there's warnings issued, there's just a certain percentage of people who will always fall for this stuff..... |
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jdmurray
Premium
join:2001-03-02
Huntington Beach, CA
clubs: | And these scams and hoaxes continue to circulate because thanks to these people they continue to prove successful forms of social engineering. |
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biv
Bbr Biv
Premium,MVM
join:2000-09-26
Baltimore, MD
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to Dude
said by Dude  :
man how hard is it for an ISP to send en email message to all it users sting that they will never ask for billing or contact info via email. Kinda like how MSN messenger has that warning stating thr same
They have done that. They've also posted warnings on their start page periodically.
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woody7
Premium
join:2000-10-13
Torrance, CA
·EarthLink
·DSL EXTREME
| reply to jdmurray
So did I, and until an example of someone that is caught is made it will continue...............but how many times do you tell someone not to give info like that out? Some people need to wise up...........just my thoughts
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Dirtyping
join:2001-10-30
West Haverstraw, NY
| reply to biv
That looks very real and I can see how ppl can be fooled. I did get a notice from them that my card expired but expected it since it in fact did. I went to their website directly and updated.
If a fake had come a month ago I could have very well easily clicked on it especially if the url in the IE address bar matched Earthlinks site. |
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BIGMIKE
Premium
join:2002-06-07
Westminster, CA
2 edits |  Dumb People
that wy you never give your credit card number over the INTERNET dumb people, I will never have a credit card,
Hacker accesses 5.6 million credit cards
Monday, Visa and Mastercard said the hacker could look at as many as 2.2 million accounts after breaching the security system of a company that processes credit card transactions on behalf of merchants.
None of the original set of compromised Visa cards had been used fraudulently, Visa spokesman John Abrams said Monday. A Mastercard spokeswoman could not say whether any of their cards had been used fraudulently.
The affected accounts make up almost 1 percent of the 574 million Visa and Mastercard cards in the United States. Spokesmen for the two associations said Monday they promptly notified the banks that issued the affected cards.
Both card companies have zero-liability policies, which protect cardholders from responsibility for any unauthorized or fraudulent charges.
Citizens Bank, a financial institution serving the Northeast, shut down the accounts of 8,800 customers whose card numbers had been accessed after being notified by Mastercard last Friday, bank spokeswoman Pamela Crawley said Monday. All of those accounts were safe, she said. |
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Doctor Four
My other vehicle is a TARDIS
Premium
join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| A real Earthlink message wouldn't request your...
credit card number over the Internet like this phishing
scam does. I once received a notice from Earthlink about
a credit card about to expire (it really was from them, and
it was about to expire); they requested that I log onto
my account from their home page (no link provided as in
the above scams) and update the information, or reply to
the email with the new expiration date. I have never
received this kind of scam email yet, probably because
since I changed my address to thwart spammers, I only
give it out to companies or people I can trust not to
spam me. I also don't use it for newsgroup posting, either.
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USAOwnz
RIP dadkins
Premium
join:2003-11-15
P.R.C.
clubs: | Man that does look real, to someone who doesn't know much it can prob effect them in a big way.
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Omega
Displaced Ohioan
Premium
join:2002-07-30
Cheyenne, WY
clubs: | reply to BIGMIKE
Re: Dumb People
Good luck getting through life without a credit card.
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richk_1957
If ..Then..Else
Premium
join:2001-04-11
Minas Tirith
| reply to Karl Bode
The truth
said by Karl Bode :
It scares me knowing how many people would not have the common sense to do what you did......
Unfortunately sense isn't common anymore |
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AlAboos
join:2002-04-03
Chicago, IL
| you should be aware...
don't wanna be a smarty pants... but never try any links that takes you to any page asking you for info. always use the website. check your address bar... if you see ip addresses instead of web address then you're in the wrong place.
i've received an email stating "from ebay" asking me to update my info. clicked the link on the page. took me to a page that looked legit. an exact clone of ebay.com asking for:
name
address
social security
credit card number, pin and credit limit
bank account, routing number
one full page that i don't remember it all.
just imagine what these scumbags can do with all these info. i've heard thousands of ebay users filled the form up. be carefullllll.
sorry for "all lowercase" don't by crap from compusa. stupid keyboard.
cheers |
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TransitMan
Premium,MVM
join:2000-09-05
Dayton, OH
clubs:
·RoadRunner Cable
·Time Warner VOIP
·Earthlink TrueVoice
| reply to richk_1957
Re: I got it late last year...
I, too, got one, but since I'm on ELK/Mindspring cable, billed from TW, I just trashed it.
If they really want to cancel my service because they don't have a valid, up to date card on file, then they will have to call me at my unlisted, unpublished number!
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