Re: Phishing responses

From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 10/28/05

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    From: "Beachcomber" <not_real@xxx.yyy>

    |
    | I usually forward the Phishing e-mails to spoof@ebay.com or
    | spoof@paypal.com as appropriate and I get the routine form letter back
    | saying "we will investigate".
    |
    | Does anyone know if these organizations really try to investigate and
    | prosecute the phishers? Is there any track record of sucessful
    | shutdowns and prosecutions?
    |
    | Or is it just good public relations for them to feign concern for
    | their clients, but not really do anything...
    |
    | Beachcomber
    |

    You'll notice that the major AV companies are working with the APWG. The get samples and
    wrie signatures for the AV software so email can be detected with said signatures.

    Below is such an exmple...
    Phish-BankFraud.eml.f -- http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_131770.htm

    Also note the US CERT is a working partner with the APWG. 

    -- 
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
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