Don't fall for phishing schemes (10-31-07)
Could you tell if an email message requesting personal information was legitimate?
In most cases you can trust your instincts (if an email message looks suspicious, it probably is). However there are some messages that look like the real thing but aren't. If an email message contains any of the following phrases, there's a good chance it could be a phishing scheme.
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