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Don't feel bad if you've recently fallen for an e-mail scam. They're not always easy to identify. Just ask FBI Director Robert Mueller. Mueller received an e-mail from his bank asking him to verify some account information. After entering said information, Mueller says he realized that the e-mail was part of a phishing scam. According to CNET News, he immediately changed his passwords and breathed a sigh of relief. The FBI chief avoided the wrath of phishers, but not his wife (video after the break). She nixed online banking in their household and said, "It is our money. No more Internet banking for you!" During a speech Wednesday in California, Mueller said that he'd tried to explain to his wife, promising that he'd learned his lesson and calling the near slip-up a "teachable moment." He was taught a lesson, alright, and one he should have learned long ago, at that. "If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy." [From: CNET News]
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Subscribe to commentsRandallOct 8th 2009 1:30PM
I've said it a hundred times before, and I"ll say it again, "If you don't know who it's from, don't open it." Although is this case, the email was thought to be from his bank (innocently enough). What I do is this, Robert, and anyone else, if you should receive an email from your bank, call them first and ask to see if it is legitimate. Chances are likely that it is fake, if so, just delete it.
CooOct 8th 2009 4:20PM
The other thing to always do is NEVER click on a link or attachment. If the bank needs something from you they will send an email to your on line secure mailbox at the bank. You can always enter the web address directly in your browser bar. I have emphasized this so much to my mom that she has really learned it and NEVER clicks through on anything. Means I have to talk her through what "enter the web address in your browser bar" means all the time but that is a small price to pay. I got scammed once (UPS virus) because the email used an actual delivery problem, with the correct tracking number, to get me to open the attachment (they must have had their computer hacked or a thief for an employee). NEVER again! Four days on the phone with Symantec with that one.