[Chat] Phishing attempt

[Stephen J Gewirtz]

I received an email, ostensibly from Verizon wireless, telling me that 
my credit card has been rejected and that I must click on an address to 
give correct information or I will lose my service.

It so happens that I do not have Verizon wireless.  The email is an 
obvious phishing attempt.  The subject of the email was: "Verizon 
Notification ID : XKCXDKGXPV"

I looked on the Verizon web site for a way  to notify Verizon, but 
"Contact us" only told how to ask about billing or buy something.

I tried earlier to forward the email to the discussion and chat lists 
with a warning about it, and Verizon DSL blocked it as "spam."  
Actually, it is probably just as well to delete the email so as not to 
have the web address it asks people to click to since on never knows 
whether that web address will install a virus.

All I can say is be careful.  There are a lot of scams out there. Do not 
ever give out a credit card number using a link in an email.

Steve