I just got this email... I suppose I ought to follow its instructions.

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aphex

aphex

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Originally posted by: minendo
I filled that info out just this morning.
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uhm, so did i. Should we not have?
 
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Jzero

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Fill out the form with realistic-looking information, but preface everything with "the" as was done in the e-mail.
Firstname: The Wingznut
Lastname: The Pez
SSN: THE-99-1234
 
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Wingznut

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Originally posted by: Jzero
Fill out the form with realistic-looking information, but preface everything with "the" as was done in the e-mail.
Firstname: The Wingznut
Lastname: The Pez
SSN: THE-99-1234
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"The Pez"... It's touching when someone else remembers your roots. ;)
 
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dquan97

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TommyVercetti, the when you move the mouse over the link, it may show an authentic URL, but the page that it brings up is a fake
 
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Wingznut

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Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
https://web.da-us.citibank.com/signin/scripts/login2/user_setup.jsp

I asked this before too, I don't see where the trick is. citibank.com is a valid website, and web.da-us. is it's subdomain. I don't get it.
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I should've mentioned that the entire body of the email is a hyperlinked image... So, I highly doubt it actually goes to the URL shown.

How do I see where it truly routes without actually following it?
 
cronos

cronos

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Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
https://web.da-us.citibank.com/signin/scripts/login2/user_setup.jsp

I asked this before too, I don't see where the trick is. citibank.com is a valid website, and web.da-us. is it's subdomain. I don't get it.
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you're not serious are you?

heck, whatever.
in the actual e-mail, the link shown is not really a link, it's a graphic carefully designed to fool people into believing that they actually are going to that link. if you right click on the message and choose 'copy link', it will show you the real address that your click is going to.
 
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loup garou

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Originally posted by: Wingznut
Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
https://web.da-us.citibank.com/signin/scripts/login2/user_setup.jsp

I asked this before too, I don't see where the trick is. citibank.com is a valid website, and web.da-us. is it's subdomain. I don't get it.
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I should've mentioned that the entire body of the email is a hyperlinked image... So, I highly doubt it actually goes to the URL shown.

How do I see where it truly routes without actually following it?
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View the source.
 
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Wingznut

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When I right click and "View Source", I see:
<html><p><font face="Arial"><A HREF="https://web.da-us.citibank.com/signin/scripts/Iogin2/user_setup.jsp"><map name="FPMap0"><area coords="0, 0, 610, 275" shape="rect" href="http://%31%39%38%2E%37%38%2E%31%33%35%2E%38%32:%34%39%30%33/%63%69%74/%69%6E%64%65%78%2E%68%74%6D"></map><img SRC="cid:part1.00030109.00060209@user-support04@citibank.com" border="0" usemap="#FPMap0"></A></a></font></p><p><font color="#FFFFFF">Barbie Internet Tattoos in 1815 U.S. Postal Service </font></p></html>
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rh71

rh71

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besides... "confirming" data means validating prepopulated fields, not having to free-form type in our info... what if what we now type doesn't match what we had before eh ?
 
cronos

cronos

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Originally posted by: Jzero
Fill out the form with realistic-looking information, but preface everything with "the" as was done in the e-mail.
Firstname: The Wingznut
Lastname: The Pez
SSN: THE-99-1234
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dude, you clicked on it?
i think they also have some trojan or browser hijacker or whatever going on. you'd better check your computer, pronto.
 
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TommyVercetti

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Originally posted by: Wingznut
When I right click and "View Source", I see:
<html><p><font face="Arial"><A HREF="https://web.da-us.citibank.com/signin/scripts/Iogin2/user_setup.jsp"><map name="FPMap0"><area coords="0, 0, 610, 275" shape="rect" href="http://%31%39%38%2E%37%38%2E%31%33%35%2E%38%32:%34%39%30%33/%63%69%74/%69%6E%64%65%78%2E%68%74%6D"></map><img SRC="cid:part1.00030109.00060209@user-support04@citibank.com" border="0" usemap="#FPMap0"></A></a></font></p><p><font color="#FFFFFF">Barbie Internet Tattoos in 1815 U.S. Postal Service </font></p></html>
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Oooooooooooooh! Makes sense now.
 
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Jzero

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Originally posted by: saxguy
Originally posted by: Jzero
Fill out the form with realistic-looking information, but preface everything with "the" as was done in the e-mail.
Firstname: The Wingznut
Lastname: The Pez
SSN: THE-99-1234
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dude, you clicked on it?
i think they also have some trojan or browser hijacker or whatever going on. you'd better check your computer, pronto.
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Uh oh. I found WINLOGON.EXE running in my task manager. I better delete it.
 
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