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Beware: Skype Phishing Scam

Beware of the latest scam. Last night (September 23, 2007) I received an email coming from the wannabee Skype. This is what they emailed me:

“Dear valued skype member:

It has come to our attention that your skype account informations needs to be
updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to
reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes
out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into
any future problems with the online service.

However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension.
Please update your records on or before september 25, 2007.

you are requested to update your account informations at the following link

Click Here   To update your account informations”

 

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There email address looks so real. And it looks like the real Skype postal master. There email address is: security@skype.co.uk

I suspect that they have collected millions of personal info of Skype users worldwide.

After I clicked the link in the bogus email, the system redirected me to the scammers’ homepage. This is what there registration / sign up webpage is:

 

 

 

After 3 seconds, my browser’s anti-phishing system alarmed. It prompted me the following message:

 

This is the scammers’ real homepage. It is in Arabic. Maybe they are terrorists.

 

Please spread this message.