Do not ever, click on a link in your email. Unless you know its is from someone you implicitly trust, but even then that could be a problem, as spammers are constantly trying to trick you.

Here is a one of the most recent examples, which I found intriguing as I just paid them a few days ago.

When you go to click on the link, you are taken to an official looking webpage. Both look official don’t they?

However, the URL did not match with either the Comcast or Xfinity domains, see for yourself.

Bear in mind, the “.br”, after the the “.com” The domain owner is located in Brazil?…Huh?? and as far as I know, Comcast does not offer digital services in South America.

Here is a snapshot of the hosting agency webpage:

I wrote them a simple email, and attached the link as they seem to be a legitimate business.

Phishing email messages, websites, and phone calls are designed to steal money. Cybercriminals can do this by installing malicious software on your computer or stealing personal information off of your computer.

Cybercriminals also use social engineering to convince you to install malicious software or hand over your personal information under false pretenses. They might email you, call you on the phone, or convince you to download something off of a website. Don’t click on any links or open any attachments to e-mails until you have confirmed that they are not malicious. E-mail addresses that don’t match up, typos and grammatical mistakes are common red flags of a malicious phishing e-mail

Recently, I have seen emails purportedly from UPS, DHL, BBB, CIA and Facebook.

Try this one, again from Comcast supposedly:

What shouldn’t you do? If you said , “Do NOT click on the links in the email”, then give yourself a pat on the back.

This entry was posted on Thursday, December 1st, 2011 at 02:11 by dsmith and is filed under Best Practices, Comcast, Malware, Ripoff, Scam, Security, Xfinity. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.