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Originally posted by Danskman
I looks to me like you retyped what the email said into the PP thread. If you go to the original email, right click on the link they give you and look at the properties. You will see that it directs you to some bogus site. Phishers will use fonts that in appearance look correct, but are different than the correct site. For example, in a certain font, the number "1" might appear as the letter "L", etc. so the actual address may be PAYPA1.com/.

Sneaky buggers. Hate 'em.
VERY good point.

You cannot just look at the link in the text. The text that is displayed for a link is not the same as the link itself.
Old 02-09-2006, 11:44 AM
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