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FBI Director Robert Mueller was banned by his wife from doing online banking after he nearly fell for a phishing scam, he said on Wednesday during a talk at the Commonwealth Club of California.He received an e-mail purporting to be from his bank that looked "perfectly legitimate" and which prompted him to verify some information. He started to follow the instructions but then realized that that "might not be such a good idea," he said.
"Just a few clicks away from falling into a classic Internet phishing scam," Mueller "barely caught himself in time" and admitted he "definitely should have known better."
As a matter of fact, I wouldn't have told anybody.
And he spread this story why? To show everyone he's a moron?
Or it may never have happened, and this is just set up to demonstrate it can happen to anyone, and raise awareness.
Mack.
Even if the email appears to be plain text, you should still do this since it may be an html email using a fixed-width font.
Even if the email appears to be from a friend, you should still do this since your friend's computer may have a virus.
Kaled.
Or it may never have happened, and this is just set up to demonstrate it can happen to anyone, and raise awareness.
Considering this story is on cnet, that would be awfully noble of the FBI head to throw his credibility out the window to inform a few people who bother going to cnet yet don't know about spam emails.
