Hi Terry,
This is a good example of how low fraudsters will go to gain any information! Please let everyone know that they should never even confirm their address on the telephone from an unknown person! Be Defensive first and ask any unknown voice where they are calling from!! Ask them for their name, position and who they are representing? They often hang up now!!
Many people do not realise that by just confirming you name, a fraudster then knows what ever details they have of a person are correct at that time!! they can then tick information correct and follow up in a week with another question!! Each answer is giving away your identity unknowingly! They are very clever, so please let people know this!!
All the Best from the UK,
Robert
SD Midi Controller
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 8:52 PM
Subject: [e-valves] Re: "Grouply" Threat
Yet another scam has emerged that we should be aware of.
Somehow, somebody has figured out a way to sniff out email
addresses from within Yahoo. You may receive an email
seeming to come from somebody claiming to share your interests,
and inviting you to join his "Grouply" group to see his profile,
etc., etc., etc.
To do so, you are required to reveal your Yahoo user ID and
password.
It is being seen by some as a form of identity theft.
certainly a very inappropriate front end. To see a
discussion about this new threat, have a look at this summary of
discussions on Yahoo Answers. The URL is so long that I
converted it to a TinyURL.
http://tinyurl.com/4ghpu9
Regards,
Terry
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55 Rowand Avenue 204-981-3229 (cell)
Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3J 2N6 smythe@shaw.ca
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