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| Posted: Mon Nov 2nd, 2009 12:40 pm |
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GaCDBFan
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It is never a good idea to click on anything sent in an email, even from a trusted source, unless it is scanned for viruses, and you were expecting it to come (like someone sending you pictures from a trip, etc. This is the most common way of spreading a virus. It is also a common way of stealing your user ID and password for your bank and other places. Someone will make a web site that LOOKS exactly like your bank's for example, and even has an address that is very similar, but possibly misspelled by one or two letters, but it does nothing but have you type in your ID and password. Guess what happens as soon as you click OK? Within minutes sometimes, someone is at the REAL bank web site typing in the ID and password you just gave them, and is writing themselves a check or transfer of funds from your accounts!!!! Be careful. Treat such emails as you would a phone call out of the blue from a credit card company asking for your account information. You should hang up the phone (or not click on the link in this case) and calling them back with the number on the back of your card (or the web site you know is real in this case).
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