Lets Go Phishing … ?
Phishing, by email, is an attempt to trick and fool the receiver into giving sensitive information such as usernames, password and credit card numbers. Phishing can also be considered as a form of identity theft. They steal your personal information to gain access to your accounts either to steal your money or commit crimes, on your behalf. I thought with so much publicity about phishing, it will just ‘go away’, but it didn’t. This month alone, I received about 4 emails requesting me to login in to the banks that I have no accounts with and also to PayPal for a disputed transaction for an item I didn’t sell nor buy.
From Citibank :
Dear CitiBusiness customer,
CitiBusiness new Scheduled Maintenance Program protects your data from unauthorized access. CitiBusiness Online Form is important addition to our scheduled maintenance program.
Please use the link below to access CitiBusiness Online Form:
CitiBusiness Online FormPlease do not reply to this auto-generated email. Follow instructions above.
From HSBC :
Dear HSBC Bank customer,
We have implemented security procedures which use reasonable measures to ensure the security, confidentiality and integrity of Business Customers Data in our possession and guard against unauthorized access or use. HSBC Business Internet Banking Form (BIB Form) is one of these security measures. You should complete BIB Form on a regular basis.
Please complete BIB Form using the link below:
HSBC Business Internet Banking Form.This is an automatically generated email and replies will not be responded to or reviewed.
This is from PayPal, but was successfully blocked by Gmail.
And the last one is from a person named Aling Choi :
ASIA LOTTERY PROMOTION
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION SECTIONPRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement made on February 25th, 2008 of winners of the ASIA LOTTERY PROMOTION.
As part of our promotional draws,participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all parts of the world as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.
Note that you/your email address qualified for the draw as a result of your visiting various websites we are running the e-business promotions for. You/your company email address,attached to ticket number 230-365-3071,with serial number 710-43 drew the lucky numbers 8, 5, 6, 24, 19, 34 and Bonus number 51 and consequently you won in the second category of the BEIJING OLYMPIC FORTUNE LOTTO DRAW.
Your Winning Ticket Number. 230-365-3071
Your Serial Number. 710-43
Your lucky draw Numbers are. 8, 5, 6, 24, 19, 34 Bonus Number 51
Your INSURANCE Number: FLD718/470D/GMSA
… bla … bla … bla
This info is not new, it has been widely discussed previously but it still happens. Although email is a great tool, it can also cause us harm. So, be careful. It’s a wild world out there.
Oh, btw, I just got back from Kota Kinabalu Sabah last night. Brought my notebook with me but was not able to be online. I’ve been spending quality time with Sofea 
Tags: spam, phishing, email, lottery, password, bank account, credit cards, Citibank, HSBC
March 1st, 2008 at 12:43 am
I really hate those stuff. Full of crap!!! Wasting my time… What?!! they think we’re stupid?
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azwan reply on March 1st, 2008 1:25 am:
we .. maybe not, but if the set 10000 and even if 2 % responded, they’ll be happy.
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March 1st, 2008 at 12:55 am
Welcome back Azwan. I got lots of email phishing like that..what I do is Just ignore that..
please share your experience at Sabah here ok..? 
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azwan reply on March 1st, 2008 1:25 am:
i’ll be posting about the trip at my kids blog, maybe next week.
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March 1st, 2008 at 4:13 am
salam ziarah
kita pun slalu dapat email lottery ni, and also email dr so called burkina faso bank yg nak share profit on unclaimed money in bank…
jgn terpedaya… hehe
it’s nice of u to share with us, thanks
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azwan reply on March 2nd, 2008 12:18 am:
kekadang surat yg diorang bagi tu macam real aje, but we have to be careful. if they r giving away $1 or $2, i can believe that, but $1million …
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March 1st, 2008 at 9:55 am
kngah pun selalu dpt. kalau betul menang memang besh, kalau betul menang la.
Tp duit kena cari cara betul, kalau tak, tak berkat. Pastu dah dapat duit berkat tu kena make sure saving, kalau tak hampeh aje.
Err, ye lah tu nak update kids blog, berzaman dah. hahahaha.
Besok balik north? Tengok2 kan babah, smlm mama kata bp dia naik, tp degil tanak pegi spital. Kalau dia pegi spital, sure dia kena warded. Anything, alert us.
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azwan reply on March 2nd, 2008 12:20 am:
i knew about it, kak lin called mom yesterday early in the morning. kids blog sudah updated ape ….
anyway, i’ll be driving back to Prai tomorrow morning, as usual.
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March 1st, 2008 at 7:28 pm
memang bahaya giler phishing neh kan. horror gak aku ngan banking online ni. hehe
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azwan reply on March 2nd, 2008 12:22 am:
it’s really scary but online banking just make life simpler … need to be more careful. the best way is to always log in manually, by typing the address instead from clicking from a link
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March 1st, 2008 at 8:06 pm
I’ve only been phished a couple of times, both purporting to be from banks I don’t have accounts with.
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March 2nd, 2008 at 9:33 pm
hey, i got an invitation to redeem my lottery, i won 50millions last night..is it true?
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azwan reply on March 2nd, 2008 10:07 pm:
keep on dreaming ..
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am reply on March 5th, 2008 5:32 pm:
am dulu waktu benda ni tak populer lagi… penah jugak melayan… taktau kan… waktu tu menang 1.5m la… so balas email dia.. dia cakap apa kena bayar 19k untuk redeem duit tu keji tak…
sekarang dah tau… ok booi la…
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March 4th, 2008 at 2:44 am
you only 50million last night… but today it is only a dream…hohoohoh
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March 4th, 2008 at 2:47 am
bkan ade email phishing je… byak web2 penyamar yg boleh kater phishing gak….seb baek la firefox ade phishing filter.. hohohooh sayang firefox…
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March 4th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Kalaulah tahu, siapa yang buat phisihng ni, dah sah, aku bunuh dia….
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azwan reply on March 4th, 2008 10:18 pm:
sebelum kau bunuh, kirim salam aku kat dia dulu
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March 5th, 2008 at 7:07 am
Lets go real fishing bro. Ikan kaloi kat Sungai Perak.
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azwan reply on March 5th, 2008 12:50 pm:
i not into fishing. i prefer the last part
part 1 : fishing
part 2 : clean the fish
part 3 : cook the fish
last part : eat the fish
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March 5th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
bab yang ni am belum belajar… tapi penah jugak carik info cam ni… here is the trick..
masuk limewire or ares ke.. type my credit card number or paypal password or wat so ever lah type of info you like… some ppl are too stupid coz they use that name on their doc or .txt format.. in lime wire dia akan detect info camni yang ada dalam user punya pc… if you do it the same… make sure you change it rite now.. you dont even know it someone has steal your info…
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March 7th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
hehe. i got many phishing mail like this at 5 my main email everyday. Not only paypal, i got e-gold, moneybooker, western union, alertpay and many. Hoho..why they love to do that to me even they know i will never give they anything?
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March 7th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
yeah! dulu ade friendster phishing site.. hehe tapi tak effect pon.. maybank pon pernah ade kes phishing.
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