E-mail scam disguising itself as TAP award?!

[Atomicus]

To: XXXXXXX
Subject: Your 2004-2005 TAP Award

Your 2004-05 TAP and/or Scholarship award is now available on HESC?s
website using the following link:
https://web.hesc.org/hescpub/main?target=renderer_tap_student_inq&select=1

You can also use this link to:
Confirm or correct the college you plan to attend
Confirm or correct your address

The college you have listed has been notified of your award. If you
change the college you plan to attend using the above link, the new
school
will be notified of your award status.

An Award Certificate and Change Form will be mailed to you shortly.



After clicking the link, it took about 20 seconds to load into a page which wanted my SS#, birthday, and something else. I went to the homepage, and I said "wow, these ppl are either dumb or I'm really stupid".
Is it just me, or are these scams getting more and more elusive to recognize? If I was an idiot who desperately needed financial aid, I would've went through the process to see what my award was, but thankfully I don't really care and didn't get sucked in. :frown:

 

[minendo]

Where did the link actually point to?

 

[Atomicus]

Originally posted by: minendo
Where did the link actually point to?

It pointed to a menu with empty boxes to fill in with info. That was it. But there were links around it like to the homepage etc.

Odd part was that the homepage link and the policy and privacy links are to hesc.com, not .org.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Atomicus

Originally posted by: minendo
Where did the link actually point to?

It pointed to a menu with empty boxes to fill in with info. That was it. But there were links around it like to the homepage etc.

View the source of the email and post the actual url of the link.

 

[Pex]

roflf...what is TAP?

 

[isasir]

Originally posted by: Pex
roflf...what is TAP?

Tuition Assistance Program, I believe

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: Pex
roflf...what is TAP?

Tuition Aid Program, I think.