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Fake 'U's! Phishing creeps use homebrew fonts as message ciphers to evade filters

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Re: html in email...

This is a secure message from Bank of America.

I used to be with BoA (briefly). Their "secure mail" wasn't mail and wasn't secure. They would send you an email with a JavaScript attachment that you were supposed to save and then run in your browser! (I wonder how many people did that without reading the script first.) This then took you to a BoA web site which displayed an image of a US style mail envelope (I'm in the UK), complete with franked US stamp, which you clicked on to read the message. While the message was displayed cut and paste were disabled, just in case you wanted to keep a copy. If you wanted to communicate with them, the only allowed methods were snail mail (to the US), or fax. Fortunately changes in US law meant they dumped all their non-US customers, so I ended up with a Swiss bank that is technically competent and actually cares about its customers

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