From the Edupage newsletter:
> FTC WARNS OF IDENTITY THEFT THROUGH SPOOFING
> The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning consumers about bogus
> e-mails that request users to update personal information. The
> "spoofing" scam involves sending an e-mail claiming a billing problem
> or something similar. The e-mail directs users to a Web site where they
> are told to enter account information including names and addresses,
> Social Security and credit card numbers, and other data that can be
> used for identity theft. The FTC recently prosecuted a 17-year-old boy
> in California for such a scheme. The boy used the information he
> collected to run up an $8,000 tab of online purchases. FTC Commissioner
> Mozelle Thompson warned consumers to verify any e-mail they receive
> with the company or organization that supposedly sent the message.
> Washington Post, 21 July 2003
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23606-2003Jul21.html

When you contact the company, be sure not to use any phone or email address
information you found in the suspicious email.

Richard
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Richard L Gambrell, Director of Computing Systems and Networks
Information Technology Division, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
103 Hunter Dept 4454, 615 McCallie Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598
Fax: 423-425-4150                Support Help-Desk: 423-425-4000
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