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#583614 - 10/17/12 12:27 AM Quick Look URL
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Registered: 05/25/01
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I just noticed that the latest Mail.app give you the option to do a Quick Look on urls that show up as part of an email message. I did that on something that claimed to be from YouTube, and it turns out that it was from a Canadian (those Canuckis!) Viagra/Cialis supplier.

Hmmmm . . . what do they know that I don't?!
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#583618 - 10/17/12 12:46 AM Re: Quick Look URL [Re: yoyo52]
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I always just hover the pointer over the URL to see what it really is.
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#583633 - 10/17/12 02:34 AM Re: Quick Look URL [Re: MacBozo]
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Doing that in this case gives you an IP address--not very informative!
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#583635 - 10/17/12 02:42 AM Re: Quick Look URL [Re: yoyo52]
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It gives a path and the real URL for me.



Edited by MacBozo (10/17/12 02:48 AM)
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#583640 - 10/17/12 03:36 AM Re: Quick Look URL [Re: MacBozo]
yoyo52 Offline
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For some yes, that's what I get. But for this clever little scam no, just the IP numbers.
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#583648 - 10/17/12 10:12 AM Re: Quick Look URL [Re: yoyo52]
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If it just shows an IP, then you know it's bogus.
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#583655 - 10/17/12 11:44 AM Re: Quick Look URL [Re: MacBozo]
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What?

Registered: 04/03/02
Posts: 19198
Loc: Arizona
And Quick Looking the URL in an email effectively does the same thing as clicking the link. It tells the spammer the email address is valid.
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#583736 - 10/18/12 10:27 AM Re: Quick Look URL [Re: yoyo52]
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Registered: 04/19/02
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There's been a rash of spoofing. I'm getting it from "Intuit", "Barnes & Noble", "UPS", and several others. Really, the best tell is the actual email addy in the From field. It'll appear like Intuit Customer Support <chippydippydoodoo@whoopsie.com>
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