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Beware of Spam E-mails that Mirror Legitimate Sites.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August, 2003
The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Aug. 26--Through e-mails, someone may be dishing out your personal information to those with no legitimate business handling it. And one of the most likely sources of this information is you.
Spam e-mails whose styles closely mirror those of legitimate sites are telling recipients that their account information is incomplete. "Would you please fill out the details about yourself in the accompanying form?" the spam goes on to ask.
And people do, experts say. They don't realize that the sites -- which have recently adopted the styles of Citigroup, PayPal and other large corporations -- are just looking for enough information either to sell to the highest bidders or to steal your...
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