{"id":1525,"date":"2010-04-24T09:03:22","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T08:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2010-04-24T09:03:22","modified_gmt":"2010-04-24T08:03:22","slug":"new-type-of-amazon-com-phishing-e-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/new-type-of-amazon-com-phishing-e-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"New Type of Amazon.com Phishing E-Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve discovered a new type of phishing e-mail purporting to be from Amazon.com. Unlike previous phishing e-mails which tell the receivers that they need to log into their accounts, this e-mail merely shows products for sale. If the user receiver the e-mail is interested in one of these products, or if they simply click through to Amazon via one of the links in the e-mail, they’ll end up on a phishing site. The e-mail contains a selection of products, none of which stand out especially as being high-sales items (such as iPods, mobile phones, computers, etc.)<\/p>\n

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We weren’t able to see exactly what happens when one clicks on a link in this e-mail, because by the time we got it the site was already down. It’s likely, however, that you’d be prompted to enter your user name and password before going any further. <\/p>\n

But the e-mail is very well-crafted, and should a user be interested by one of the products, they would certainly be tempted to click on a link. Since it’s not your usual phishing e-mail which immediately says you need to reactivate your account, it will draw less suspicion.<\/p>\n

It looks like you’ll have to be more careful when clicking links on Amazon e-mails – or any e-mail for that matter. You can always see where the link is going by hovering your cursor over a link for a few seconds to see the link’s URL in a tooltip. And you can also check in your browser’s address bar to make sure that the URL is what you think it is. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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