Friday, January 8, 2010

Remember that Facebook phishing email? There's a MySpace version, too.

We all knew it was coming. Below is the full text:

From: Manager Stephan Goldman

To: [incorrect email address] 

Date: Thursday, January 07, 2010 9:02:10 AM 

Subject: MySpace Password Reset Confirmation!

Hey [incorrect username] ,

Because of the measures taken to provide safety to our clients, your password has been changed.

You can find your new password in attached document.

Thanks,

Your MySpace.

Attached was a file called “MySpace_document_49792.zip” that recipients would be advised to not touch with a thirty-nine-and-a-half-foot pole. Whatever’s in that ZIP file, you don’t want it. Trust me on this.

Once again, social networking sites are never going to email you a new password, and in general aren’t going to email you files at all.

Who the heck is “Manager Stephan Goldman?”

Anyway, delete this garbage if you receive it, okay?

[Via http://fraudpreventionunit.org]

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