JaBbA's Hut

This email has been making the rounds:

Check this out:


This is upsetting but I thought I should pass it along. Check your
drivers license. Now you can see anyone's Driver's License on the
Internet, including your own! I just searched for mine and there it
was.. . picture and all!! Thanks Homeland Security! Where are our
rights?


I definitely removed mine. I suggest you do the same.
Go to the web site and check it out. Just enter your name, city and
state to see if yours is on file. After your license comes on the
screen, click the box marked "Please Remove". This will remove it
from public viewing, but not from law enforcement.

It's followed by a URL Go to the URL, and you get a screen including this form:

Seems safe enough, just name, state and city, right? And it's a joke...

So why has it been reported as a Phishing site? Why is it blocked by the Netcraft Toolbar?

Well, think about it. You have just

- Given someone some information about yourself
- Shown yourself to be willing to click on links in emails sent to you

Spammers and Phishers have a LOT of information about you. You think they can't link that info you just gave to your email address? Dream on. I'd almost guarantee that spreading this hoax is helping spammers build better, more effective lists. And I wouldn't be suprised if a lot of people doing this find themselves the target of a Phishing attack - using a bank specifically in your city.

DON'T forward jokes, you never know what's behind them.