victim of phishing

vivekiny2k · 10th November 2006, 22:33

just happened to give my yahoo passwd to a geocities webpage that came from a friend, and looked he had given selective access to friends for viewing his yahoo photos.

immeditely realised it was phishing and my yahoo passwd was ocmpromised. Had to change all my passwds, also the places where similar passwd had been used.

please be careful if you come across following link. just delete the message without opening it.

http://www.geocities.com/my_pics1_69/

it totallty resembles yahoo photos. and though not confirmed, looks totally malicious to me.

never give out your passwd anywhere unil you look the the link on address bar.

pdev29 · 10th November 2006, 22:48

dude you made a mistake you should always check the link before you type any IMP details. hope it wont affect you much

vivekiny2k · 10th November 2006, 23:33

yup,

but i know many friends who did not even know how they got hacked. so wanted to warn others.

mclarenracer · 11th November 2006, 04:37

it happens on yahoo messenger too they send you a link by your friends name but it is false.

condor · 11th November 2006, 08:22

good way is to bring the mouse pointer on the link - the actual link would been seen in the bottom bar of the browser window. Vivek, the link in your post shows to be a genuine geocities site link

btw, geocities is a yahoo site, hence the similarity?

vivekiny2k · 12th November 2006, 08:38

yes, it's a valid geocities page, and it is not disguising itself.

but the content it is showing is yahoo photos, which it is not. it is just capturing the password and sending me back to the original yahoo page.

10th November 2006, 22:33	#1
vivekiny2k Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: cincinnati, jabalpur,chennai Posts: 1,264 Thanked: 212 Times View My Garage	victim of phishing just happened to give my yahoo passwd to a geocities webpage that came from a friend, and looked he had given selective access to friends for viewing his yahoo photos. immeditely realised it was phishing and my yahoo passwd was ocmpromised. Had to change all my passwds, also the places where similar passwd had been used. please be careful if you come across following link. just delete the message without opening it. http://www.geocities.com/my_pics1_69/ it totallty resembles yahoo photos. and though not confirmed, looks totally malicious to me. never give out your passwd anywhere unil you look the the link on address bar.
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10th November 2006, 22:48	#2
pdev29 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,039 Thanked: 289 Times View My Garage	dude you made a mistake you should always check the link before you type any IMP details. hope it wont affect you much
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10th November 2006, 23:33	#3
vivekiny2k Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: cincinnati, jabalpur,chennai Posts: 1,264 Thanked: 212 Times View My Garage	yup, but i know many friends who did not even know how they got hacked. so wanted to warn others.
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11th November 2006, 04:37	#4
mclarenracer BHPian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 115 Thanked: 11 Times	it happens on yahoo messenger too they send you a link by your friends name but it is false.
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11th November 2006, 08:22	#5
condor Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Speed-brkr City Posts: 16,161 Thanked: 16,595 Times View My Garage	good way is to bring the mouse pointer on the link - the actual link would been seen in the bottom bar of the browser window. Vivek, the link in your post shows to be a genuine geocities site link btw, geocities is a yahoo site, hence the similarity?
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12th November 2006, 08:38	#6
vivekiny2k Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: cincinnati, jabalpur,chennai Posts: 1,264 Thanked: 212 Times View My Garage	yes, it's a valid geocities page, and it is not disguising itself. but the content it is showing is yahoo photos, which it is not. it is just capturing the password and sending me back to the original yahoo page.
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