I thought it might be prudent to check on my password (which I have stored in a password-manager program so I don't know off hand what it is). When I clicked on the suntrust.com link, my browser vomited:
I closed the link without going further and forwarded the e-mail to emailabuse@suntrust.com as SunTrust requests. I got an automated reply right back but haven't heard a real response yet. I figure it is some phishing expedition, but it did look real enough for me to take the first step to destruction. I hope Firefox stopped me appropriately.I got a similar warning a couple of days ago when I clicked through on a link in a comment on Volokh.com to a www.freeople.com web site which I just abandoned. Does anyone know if Firefox is just being very picky, or might these sites represent real danger?
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I think yes and yes maybe dangerous? I know my firefox has been weird as of late.
If the email says you should go to www.suntrust.com but sends you to www.suntrust-email.com it's a phish. Following links can be dangerous because they make the text sound like you're going one place, and the link takes you to a site that sounds similar but is not authentic. I would just type www.suntrust.com into my browser and go from the trusted homepage.
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