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Re[2]: Would you trust these Emails (EBAY & PAYPAL)
From: partysan_FFF () gmx net
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 01:14:16 +0100
TW> As a consequence I'd suggest to any serious company doing business on TW> the Internet not to send any messages via email ("They normally don't TW> send mails at all. So I can't trust this one.") or only send messages as TW> non-formatted text, which raises the bar of fooling people (less people TW> will be fooled if the real link isn't hidden behind an image or a link TW> description. TW> I hate HTML mails anyway and don't let my mail client load images of the TW> Internet (thus HTML mails reach me in an ugly, naked form). TW> kind regards, TW> Tobias Weisserth A concept like PGP would probably be fairly safe. Mails from your bank, for instance, should be digitally signed. That would make them a lot harder to fake. I agree on the non-HTML part, they are an unnecessary risk. Is there a way to track where the credit card information from the fake paypal site goes? _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- Would you trust these Emails (EBAY & PAYPAL) Harald Dumdey (Feb 21)
- Re: Would you trust these Emails (EBAY & PAYPAL) partysan_FFF (Feb 21)
- Re: Would you trust these Emails (EBAY & PAYPAL) Tobias Weisserth (Feb 21)
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- RE: Re[2]: Would you trust these Emails (EBAY & PAYPAL) Aditya, ALD [Aditya Lalit Deshmukh] (Feb 22)
- Re: Would you trust these Emails (EBAY & PAYPAL) Tobias Weisserth (Feb 21)
- Re: Would you trust these Emails (EBAY & PAYPAL) partysan_FFF (Feb 21)
- Re: Would you trust these Emails (EBAY & PAYPAL) JB (Feb 21)
- Re: Would you trust these Emails (EBAY & PAYPAL) martin f krafft (Feb 21)
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- RE: [work] Re: Would you trust these Emails (EBAY & PAYPAL) Aditya, ALD [Aditya Lalit Deshmukh] (Feb 21)
- Re: [work] Re: Would you trust these Emails (EBAY & PAYPAL) martin f krafft (Feb 21)
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- RE: Would you trust these Emails (EBAY & PAYPAL) Remko Lodder (Feb 21)
- Would you trust these Emails (EBAY & PAYPAL) Harald Dumdey (Feb 21)