Phishing hits translators
At the beginning of the week, many members of GoTranslators, a worlwide freelance translators’ website, received the following e-mail:
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Catherine Perry Director French Kiss Design Ltd [email protected] www.frenchkiss-design.com tel: +44 0845 108 0562 fax: +44 0871 900 6263 mobile: +44 07985 413 779 Skype ID: FrenchKissDesign
Your subscription will be activated immediately upon clicking the above link. This double opt-in method ensures that all subscribers on our list do indeed want to receive our newsletters and that no one can add your email address to a list without your consent. Thank you for your assistance! * In addition to the fact that French Kiss Design bears a name that is only very vaguely related to linguistics, we intend to issue proceedings for the abusive use of our good name for the purpose of phishing.
Indeed, that company’s sole intention is to collect e-mail addresses from our members in order to use them as targets for all manner of unsolicited marketing campaigns.
It goes without saying that we urge you not to click on any link in that kind of message, and ask that you inform us of any other similar emails that you may receive.
Finally, we invite you to re-read the “Security in your work” section in your Member Area.