Thread: This a hack or something?

LOL don't respond to that...obviously the whole "I despise you so much" thing gives it away don't ya think.

EDIT: then again lol...what your sig says is true too haha

LOL don't respond to that...obviously the whole \"I despise you so much\" thing gives it away don't ya think. [/b]

haha..actually that really is my e-mail address >:D

You can spot that's a fake a mile away-

The link they've given you starts with http://, not https://.

Notice the S.

HTTPS:// is a secure encrypted protocol, where as the link they've given you is unsecured.

A professional company will:

A: Never sort out details over an unsecured connection

B: Never ask you to confirm details anyway

yeah..i thought so...but they're persistant little bastards. they send me another e-mail..take a look


looks like they are getting a bit impatient

Actually, apparently the majority of spam is completely electronic. It's sad to think that a ton of artificial intelligence is being used for THAT.

All you have to do is wait a day and see if your account is gone. Its not going to be though, because everyone gives you more than one day. If their trying to rush you its fake.

Hover over the link and see if its real url is the same than the one it looks like. You know, if it's like this: http://www.thisisalink.com, it's most likely fake.

Haha, a bit off topic

But speaking of gmail, anyone want an invite?

Originally posted by latency
You can spot that's a fake a mile away-

The link they've given you starts with http://, not https://.

Notice the S.

HTTPS:// is a secure encrypted protocol, where as the link they've given you is unsecured.

Ouch - anybody can set up a HTTPS connection with the time and money. I wouldn't use that as a rule of thumb, ever, instead:

B: Never ask you to confirm details anyway[/b]

That's the best point. Gmail are hardly going to e-mail you asking for you to click a link; as you're using their own service. They'd just wait for you to log in then place a dialog in your face. (But they wouldn't want you to confirm details for any reason, anyway).

Yeah, I'll go with it being fake. Still the best phishing email is one I got from "eBay" asking to confirm my account details. Sadly they failed to realize that I do not have an eBay account, and I am too young to get one.

Originally posted by fourth_esper
Yeah, I'll go with it being fake. Still the best phishing email is one I got from \"eBay\" asking to confirm my account details. Sadly they failed to realize that I do not have an eBay account, and I am too young to get one.

Well, I'm certainly eligible for all of these accounts, but the fact remains that I don't have them, so I'm not gonna open up my inbox and see an email about these "accounts" of mine and do anything except delete the emails.

Oh, and I'm loving how I've gotten at least a hundred, no exaggeration, emails about my Yahoo account being suspended. The last couple were in gibberish! Gah, stupid spambots...

OMG this is what I've been talking about, check it out:



Every single goddamn day there's one of these in my Bulk Mail folder, at least -- sometimes four!