|
Posted: 1:20 AM Dec 5, 2008
Phishing Email Warning
The Wisconsin Better Business Bureau is urging consumers to be skeptical of e-mails that look like they're from legitimate shipping companies.
|
|
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The Wisconsin Better Business Bureau is urging consumers to be skeptical of e-mails that look like they're from legitimate shipping companies.
The agency says a new string of phishing e-mails is making the rounds this holiday season.
Phishing is an online scam where hackers create valid-looking e-mails, usually to trick recipients into revealing private information.
The bureau warns of recent phishing e-mails that appear to come from shippers including FedEx, UPS and Wal-Mart.
The subject line suggests there was a problem with a delivery and the recipient should open an attachment for further instructions. The attachment contains a computer virus.
Other false e-mails look like surveys or e-cards.
- Woman who got caught up in scam also participated
- Jackson County courthouse evacuated Friday morning
- Man accused of beating woman to death pleads no contest
- Suspect in high-speed chase speaks out
- Hunters encourage to shoot deer with green ear tags
- Brothers sentenced to prison for burning down bar
- Families celebrate special birthday
- Police arrest two people in string of business burglaries
- Wisconsinites paying more for health insurance than the rest of the country
- Harley-Davidson may be official Wisconsin motorcycle
- Suspect in high-speed chase speaks out
16 Comments - Wardens asking hunters for help during the hunting season
15 Comments - Wisconsinites paying more for health insurance than the rest of the country
13 Comments - Harley-Davidson may be official Wisconsin motorcycle
10 Comments - Oprah Winfrey's talk show will end in 2011
9 Comments - Jail committee meets to choose site for new justice center
8 Comments
