Monday, September 24, 2007

Chalet, IRS phishing?

More unrelated stuff.


Am looking forward to the season where they sell grape juice at Chalet Debonne. Can hardly wait! Niagara, concord, catawba.... mmm!

http://www.debonne.com/debevc.htm

Debonné Vineyards
7743 Doty Road
Madison, OH 44057

440-466-3485 1-800-424-9463

Another topic. I'm pretty sure I got this or something just like this in my bulk folder through my sbcglobal email account. Has anybody else? It was not for $571.94 but a different amount.

http://www.news.com/Phishers-use-IRS-tax-refund-as-bait/2100-7349_3-5977588.html

Insufficient programming on a government Web site is helping cybercriminals pose as the Internal Revenue Service...

A spam e-mail message has been sent around the world telling people they are eligible for a $571.94 tax refund from the IRS. The e-mail offers a link to a fraudulent IRS Web site, but the link actually goes through a legitimate government Web site..

"This is more advanced than the typical phish, because the Web link really does--at first--take you to the real tax benefit Web site," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for a U.K. security vendor. "Unfortunately the way the government Web site has been configured allows the phishers to bounce the unwary in their direction."

It actually did look phishy to me. :-)