I was a Victim of Phising scam, stealing my email password.

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Richard Tan (Tech-and-you Editor)

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Dec 7, 2006, 2:16:00 PM12/7/06

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Dear all,

It just happened to me over the weekend, I was a victim of "phishing"
scam.
The phising program sent me a message from my Yahoo Chat messager
behalf of my good Friend!

When I click on the message, it went to a "FAKE YAHOO EMAIL" website. I
didn't notice it and typed in my email user name and password. Then
it brought me to another page where it raises my suspicious. Right
away, I close the page and open the real yahoo email page and change my
password.

The rule of thump is, DO NOT enter any user name and password from any
link you get from email. Unless you are the one who open the browser
and you type in the URL yourself. (Say: www. Amazon.com)

I saw another FAKE phishing email today where it tries to capture my
amazon account and password and I identify right away.
(eg:http:/65.22.34.56/www.amazon.com/register)

So, be carefull!!

Recognize phishing scams and fraudulent e-mails
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/email/phishing.mspx

Protect Your PC Tips
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/default.mspx

Malicious Software Removal Tool
http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx

ps:/ If you are using the Internet Explorer 7, it has build in
Anti-Phising to protect you.