Just my two cents, but just as I have attempted to enlighten other folks, I will pass on the same info now.

YOU are the main force behind whether or not you get phished. YOU have to pay attention.
The ways that folks on myspace get phished is through the use of fake myspace login pages, or pages that redirect you to login again through myspace or other websites.
These are fake and designed to lure you into volunteering your login and password information.
An example of common misleading login pages include:

http://rnspace.com/login.asp

Notice the redirect? If you didn't, look at it again.

Still didn't see it?

Notice the "m" in "myspace" was replaced with "rn". Placed very close together it is easy to overlook. But if you miss it and login, then you voluntarily give up your information.
Then the spammers take your account over and send out Macy's giftcards, ringtone offers, etc.
Another very common tactic they use is to send you a video. Then you go to look at it and you get redirected to the fake myspace login page which says "you must be logged in to do that!" and so you login.
DO NOT look at videos sent UNLESS you KNOW the person who sent it and then verify it's validity with the sender before you open it. Otherwise, if you get redirected when you've already logged in then you can safely infer that it's a phishing attempt.

I fell victim to this trick and got phished also, but never will again.

If it happens to you you likely won't know unless someone asks you if you sent that ringtone spam on purpose, or if someone reports your profile to myspace and they shut your profile down, or send you a notice that you got phished.
When it does you must change your password. Immediately. Then change it often.
These spammers only want easy pickings and won't take a lot of time to infiltrate a profile when they have millions to pick from.

My public service announcement for the day~

--Dave Fury

posted by Dave @ 11:57 AM

1 Comments:

At 3:32 PM, Anonymous said…

I think we all get phished sooner or later via e mail.
They send a offical looking e mail,to inform you thats theres some problem with your bank account or credit card.
They hope that they can trick you into giving them account numbers or passwords. Always go to your bank or credit cards website, or call them directly.
Seems like theres always someone out there trying to make a fast buck at someone elses expense.
Got to keep on your toes!

Dan