The authenticity – or otherwise – of an email can usually quickly be ascertained by looking at the message’s header data, and makes for one way of working out whether the bank really is sending you all those emails.
I can send you an email now that basically says I’m your boss, but unless you look [...]
Spotting fake emails, it’s all in the head
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 25 June, 2009 to the technology subset
Is internet banking safe?
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 14 December, 2007 to the comment subset
Is internet banking safe?
This is a longer article, but well worth the time, especially when you read a paragraph like this:
A recent survey commissioned by eBay showed that a staggering 93 per cent of Australian internet users don’t know what phishing is, with 72 per cent of us engaging in online behaviour that puts us [...]
