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DHL phishing ...
Jan. 18th, 2010 03:00 pmWhen eBay sends out e-Mails, they have this bit on top of each e-Mail about how the use of the customer's real name in the mail indicates that it's legit.
Well, as it turns out, phishers know my name too these days. I got an obvious phishing mail today trying to grab my DHL Packstation details, and it did have my name in it. (And no, you can't derive my name from the e-Mail adress). So that's one less indicator for illegit e-Mail. Well, at least the domain name was clearly forged, with the number 0 replacing the o in packstation (the url was uppercased to make it less obvious), and the tld being something along the lines of x6.to or something.
Oh, and Firefox blocked access to the site too, since it had already been reported as being a phishing site. Nice functionality, that.
Well, as it turns out, phishers know my name too these days. I got an obvious phishing mail today trying to grab my DHL Packstation details, and it did have my name in it. (And no, you can't derive my name from the e-Mail adress). So that's one less indicator for illegit e-Mail. Well, at least the domain name was clearly forged, with the number 0 replacing the o in packstation (the url was uppercased to make it less obvious), and the tld being something along the lines of x6.to or something.
Oh, and Firefox blocked access to the site too, since it had already been reported as being a phishing site. Nice functionality, that.
