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Bogus provider requests

Thread ID: 10861 | Posts: 1 | Started: 2003-10-31

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Enkidu [OP]

2003-10-31 20:49 | User Profile

I’m sure the members here are too smart to fall for attempts to gain access to account billing information from bogus earthlink.net or other providers, but just in case. ---

I got one of those e-mails today from a bogus earthlink.net, and unlike previous attempts, it was very convincing. Earthlink provides an online check for these, and it passed earthlink’s test. I contacted earthlink support and of course the e-mail was bogus.

Your provider will never send you a link so that you can update billing info. If there were a problem, you would get an e-mail asking you to go to the provider site on your own, log in, and update the info.

But then, I’m sure you all know this. However, there is this Nigerian prince who is going to make me rich, if only I first send him...

Enkidu