# I am being Phished!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-phished/329687>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 5, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-phished/329687 "2005-11-05T20:05:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-phished/329687/1 "2005-11-05T20:05:21Z")

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I maintain a very low internet profile, but I just got three Phishing messages from ‘‘Amazon.’’

Gee! They are good. The link looks all official and stuff. I can see they can get a lot of people with this sort of thing.

Nice job. You have to admire professionalism when you see it.

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**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-phished/329687/2 "2005-11-05T20:13:50Z")

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I got the same thing. Three messages, right in a row, on my yahoo account. Nothing on my gmail as of yet.