[TriLUG] OT-spam

[Mike M]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 11:16:40AM -0500, Magnus Hedemark wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Mike M wrote:
> 
> > Did anyone else get an Important Message About Their Account from the
> > FDIC today :-)?
> 
> This was covered pretty well on Slashdot and other big news sites over the 
> weekend.  The scam email was one of the more professional cons going 
> around, but it was a scam nonetheless.  They were taking advantage, also, 
> of a bug in IE so hopefully few people here could have been victimized.
> 
Huh?  I was there several times over the weekend.  Must'a missed it or
ignored it.

> This is another good reason for PKI.  If the message was signed with a 
> key, and that key were signed by a number of trustworthy people, it would 
> be possible for you to ascertain the validity of the message.

Anyone that knows what PKI is would be able to tell the email was bogus.
OTOH, I don't think the sheep out there stand a chance.

Mike