Wow, Frank, that's scary. Thanks. - Brie

On Sep 13, 2006, at 11:38 AM, Frank Ippolito wrote:

> probably just a coincidence. I get numerous similar messages from a
> dozen or so financial institutions - including my own bank (damnit). my
> policy now is to always asume it is BS. and if the stakes are high, I
> simply delete and then go visit my online site. be sure not to leave
> rouge e-mails open while doing online shopping/banking. the hackers
> have
> gotten good at being able to run scripts from one window that captures
> events occuring in another.
>
> -frank
>
>> I have just received spam that I believe must be a consequence of
>> attending the GNSI 2006 Madison conference. It's painfully obvious
>> from the e-mail text that the "Dear University of Wisconsin Credit
>> Union" that is asking for confirmation of my account information is a
>> fraud. Conference attendees might want to watch out for this one.
>> --
>> Robert Jon Golder
>> 164 Maxfield St
>> New Bedford, MA 02740
>> (508) 999-2486
>>
>>
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>
> --
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>
> Frank Ippolito
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> Div. Vertebrate Paleontology
> American Museum of Natural History
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