Re: Email allegedly from FamilySearch

From	Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net>
Newsgroups	soc.genealogy.computing, soc.genealogy.britain
Subject	Re: Email allegedly from FamilySearch
Date	2023-06-15 07:59 +0200
Organization	Khanya Publications
Message-ID	<41al8ipjfkr0b4iqir529r374a937a2r0e@4ax.com> (permalink)
References	(1 earlier) <rt306ih2caj7aipncr2577v618ho8336ia@4ax.com> <u3pcrg$2cqjn$1@dont-email.me> <jj6dneCS_vIMOf35nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> <l1436i5tdp6vsiefngb7ju492jknk0uns1@4ax.com> <i_mcnekm_p6TnP_5nZ2dnZfqn_ednZ2d@brightview.co.uk>

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On Mon, 15 May 2023 10:53:17 +0100, Ian Goddard
<ian_ng@austonley.org.uk> wrote:

>Yes but it doesn't say much apart from the fact that there are a lot of 
>people out there who will click on links in an unsolicited email and 
>even try to log in when those links offer a login page.

I sometimes do that. They are usually phishing attempts, sent from an
obviously fake address, and if they ask me to log in I do so with a
fake user name and password, so they can waste a bit of their time
too. 

-- 
Steve Hayes
Web: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com/
     http://hayesgreene.blogspot.com
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            Re: Email allegedly from FamilySearch Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2023-06-15 07:59 +0200
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