[Hidden-tech] Why phishing won't go away

[Lyle Phipps]

Thank you for sharing this, Jan.

I can (almost) not believe that they would tell you to go to the site where
there could be an attack waiting!


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On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Jan Werner <jwerner at jwdp.com> wrote:

>
>
>
> A few days ago, I received a phishing email trying to obtain my Intuit
> password. I would normally just have deleted it, but this one was so
> well crafted and clever that I forwarded it to the address Intuit
> provides to report these kinds of things ( spoof at intuit.com ).
>
> Yesterday, I received an reply from Intuit that began as follows:
>
> ===============================================
>
> Thank you for your recent message to the TurboTax Privacy Team.
>
> We also thank you for reporting this e-mail to us as it is not
> legitimate. We are investigating now and will take action on it. We have
> the following support site article to help you understand phishing and
> what you can do to avoid it.
>
> http://turbotax.com/support/go/-------    [case reference # removed]
>
> When you suspect you are being phished :
>
> 1.    Do not click on a link in a suspicious email, but rather go to the
> company site and view the information. Even if a suspicious email is not
> requesting personal information, it may contain viruses that can
> retrieve personal information off of a computer.
>
> ===============================================
>
> Compare the instruction in the initial paragraphs with the advice
> immediately following as to how to avoid becoming a phishing victim.
>
> The "Privacy Team" at Intuit seem totally oblivious to this disconnect.
>
> You really have to wonder which side these people are on.
>
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