[X Newbies] Vicious Spam

[Ben Gold]

It's interesting because in both Safari and Explorer and in the email 
the URL appears as

> <http://www.fdic.gov
@211.191.224.108:3180/index.htm>

actually there are two URLs in the email, one that appears to go to the 
actual fdic, and the other which is the above link and asks for your 
name, etc.

So does it really appear to be fdic.gov somehow, or does it always show 
up as fdic.gov at 211.191.224...etc


On Jan 26, 2004, at 10:12 AM, Chris Walker wrote:

> On 26/1/04 Richard Bienvenu wrote:
>
>> Can anyone explain how spammers can give you an url that sure as hell
>> looks legitimate, all the way down to the .gov domain?
>
> I think you'll find that it's yet another bug in IE - someone correct 
> me
> if I'm wrong.  In the URL bar anything after the @ is invisible so that
> it looks like a bona fide site.  Billy G has just received an honorary
> knighthood in the UK for producing this kind of stuff. (IE that is).
>
> cheers,
>
> Chris
>
>
>
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