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You're smart

TR Daggett — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:33:24 -0500

Justin, I wish there were more people with your good sense. My hope is for people to take security seriously and learn the pitfalls without having to learn the hard way. Of course the hard way has a way of getting your attention and leaves a more lasting impression! I know that's certainly been my experience!

And you're right on about requests for your login and other info. Links in emails may appear to be valid, but actually redirect you to a another site or fake page that looks genuine but isn't. Any information you enter will go straight to the crooks. As you said, the safe thing to do is avoid the link and go to the site by carefully typing the [known] URL into the browser's address bar or using a link that you have 'bookmarked' previously.

Thanks for the comment

Good tips!

Justin Drake — Tue, 1 Jan 2008 16:48:37 -0500

Hi TR,

Great post and thanks for the tips! I've received a ton of these "e-greeting" cards, but luckily was savvy enough to delete them straight away. I think it's also important for people to be cautious about any e-mail that asks you to log into a website, as I once had my PayPal account hacked into as a result. If an e-mail says to check the status of your account on a certain site, just open your web browser separately instead of clicking through.

~Justin

Be Wary of E-Cards in your E-mail!

TR Daggett — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:45:18 -0500

If you have an e-mail account you've probably seen them. With subject lines of "Someone sent you and e-greeting", "Happy New Year 2008", "I love You", and others, E-Cards are filling up email Spam folders by the millions worldwide.