Re: New depths in phishing

["Lucy E. Lynch" <llynch () darkwing uoregon edu>]

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, David Ulevitch wrote:

> On Mar 24, 2006, at 6:50 AM, Lucy E. Lynch wrote:
>
> > edu skimming - try http://umich.edu.com/
>
> While it's kinda lame it is far from a phishing site.  They even say on the 
> submit form: "Yes! I'd like additional information from College.us.com and 
> its marketing partners."  Chances are that you will actually get something 
> from UMich (along with a bunch of other junk too no doubt).
>
> Phishing is bad enough as it is, let's not broaden its definition to include 
> all things we find uncool.

actually, this is cross posted from the UNISOG list, and the schools
in question have no connection with this and get no referrals from 
collected data.

> Best,
> David Ulevitch

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