[SEL] OT: Scam email example

[Peter A Forbes]

I mentioned the other day about using a plain text newsreader to avoid possible
hiccups with various things that come in via email. The following line is from a
PayPal scam email, and the line is taken exactly as our mail programme shows it:

http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run [links to
radescumarian.go.ro/]

The blue text is the normal url for PayPal, and is what you see on-screen,
except that they ALWAYS use a secure ( https ) login these days, so that's a
good pointer to a possible scam.

The url in square brackets is the interesting bit. It shows that when you click
on the blue text on-screen, you actually go to the web address shown, which I
think is Romania, and no doubt there will be something there that you can fill
in with your PayPal details and password....

Peter 
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