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E-Mail Fraud Hides Behind Friendly Face
June 3, 2011 /
Most people know to ignore the e-mail overture from a Nigerian prince offering riches in exchange for a bank account number. That is a scam, plain to the eye.
But what if the e-mail appears to come from a colleague down the hall? And all he asks is that you add some personal information to a company database?
By MATT RICHTEL and VERNE G. KOPYTOFF
Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/03/technology/03hack.html
(Many thanks to John Torma, at least I think it was John, for passing this along.)
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