[plug] phishing scam

[W.Kenworthy]

>From memory, I got one from this person last year as well.  The current
one come via plug and my iinet a/c.

Its actually one of the things I get occasionally thru work, esp sales
drones updating their contacts as people move around.  I am surprised at
the reaction here tho, which seems to indicate a limited view on the
uses of email - real business users use it for more than just mailing
lists, personnel communications and spam!

If you get one, you dont have to reply ...

BillK

On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 10:49 +0800, Senectus . wrote:
> On 3/8/06, Kev <kdownes at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> > > It has a feature to send out an e-mail to everyone in your outlook
> > > address book asking them to confirm or deny that address...
> > > The user has obviously forgotten that the plug address is in their address book.
> >
> > Even on the one machine I own with Windoze installed, Lookout isn't
> > installed.  Besides that machine hasn't been booted for about a month now.
> 
> I think you misunderstand what I'm saying.. the user that I'm talking
> about is "djjackson at dpi.wa.gov.au" and it's his machine/account that
> has initiated the e-mail out to everyone on his contacts list.
> You received at least one (or if you're extra lucky like me, two)
> e-mails from him asking you to update your contact details in his
> address book.
> The links will go back to the plaxo web page because part of the
> service is to keep a copy of his address book on their servers. (part
> of what I don't like about plaxo)
> 
> 
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