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On 1/16/20 2:13 PM, David Thornton via talk wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">It it possible that an advertisement can "know" the
page it was deployed in?
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<div>Or even just some properties of the page it was
displayed in?</div>
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<div>Via this means an advertiser could know you had just , or
were about to buy X.</div>
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<div>From there, the world is your oyster.</div>
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True.<br>
But the ordering is from within the amazon application for
fulfillment by amazon.<br>
I had 1 order that was fulfilled by the vendor and that one did not
generate a phishing email.<br>
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Also these are not advertisers sending me spam to buy the latest LG
TV or some-such. <br>
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This is phishing hoping to infect my system and own it or make it
part of a botnet.<br>
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1/15/20 3:46 PM, Peter King via talk wrote:<br>
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 03:00:36PM -0500, Alvin Starr via
talk wrote:<br>
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>> When I order something from Amazon not long after I
get emails from various<br>
>> phisherpeople claiming to be UPS or some other
delivery company.<br>
>> The messages are coming through an old email address
that is badly spam<br>
>> filtered.<br>
> I had that very thing happen to me on an order from
Amazon about ten days<br>
> ago. The phishing was via a note from UPS that they
couldn't deliver a<br>
> package, but to get it I had to give them my credit card
number ... at the<br>
> time I was surprised, since it followed close on the
heels of one delivery<br>
> and right while I was waiting for another. So, almost
plausible. But as<br>
> usual, the phishing email was so clumsily written and
executed that there<br>
> was no question but that it was a fake.<br>
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Yep that's it.<br>
Here is what I got.<br>
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> Dear Customer,<br>
><br>
> We attempted to deliver your item at 1:30pm on 14th
January, 2020. <br>
> (Read enclosed file details)<br>
> The delivery attempt failed because nobody was present at
the shipping <br>
> address, so this notification has been automatically
sent.<br>
><br>
><br>
> If the parcel is not scheduled for re-delivery or picked
up within 72 <br>
> hours, it will be returned to the sender.<br>
><br>
> Label Number: (Read enclosed file details)<br>
> Class: Package Services<br>
> Service(s): (Read enclosed file details)<br>
> Status: e-Notification sent<br>
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> Read the enclosed file for details.<br>
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> UPS Customer Service.<br>
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