tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post7428870765490997998..comments2023-11-03T06:32:28.410-04:00Comments on Staring At Empty Pages: Amtrak phishes its own customersBarry Leibahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-29723227459773001072010-03-16T16:59:50.516-04:002010-03-16T16:59:50.516-04:00I call shenanigans and proclaim that this email is...I call shenanigans and proclaim that this email is totally and completely bogus!!<br /><br />A major clue that this is a phishing scam is the fact that at the bottom of the email/letter it gives Amtrak's Marketing Department address as:<br /><br />10 G Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20002<br />↑↑↑↑↑<br />First this is not Amtrak's address in Washington, D.C., According to Google 10 G St. NW is a virtual office service called DC Business Centers, there are NO Amtrak offices at this address.<br /><br />The real address for any correspondence from Amtrak would either come from:<br /><br />60 Massachusetts Avenue NE<br />Washington, D.C. 20002<br />↑↑↑↑↑<br />This is Amtrak's main headquarters.<br /><br />or from<br /><br />30th Street Station<br />2955 Market Street<br />Philadelphia, PA 19104<br />↑↑↑↑<br />Amtrak's 30th Street Station does houses some of marketing and operational departments and there have been occassions where correspondence do have this address listed.<br /><br />My suggestion is if you get this type of email address just delete it without even reading it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-56283325443872864152008-03-09T14:28:00.000-04:002008-03-09T14:28:00.000-04:00I am irritated by email usernames because they are...I am irritated by email usernames because they are too long. <BR/>I still use unique email alases for all my accounts so I can turn them off or notice when they have sold my name.<BR/><BR/>For example, if you required me to signup for an account I would probably use barry at clevinger.fastmail.fm.<BR/><BR/>Several months ago I started getting spammed by aps at clevinger.fastmail.fm and turns out somebody broke into their system and stole the addresses.Kevin Dezfulianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00565746051010947859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-76631392915396080282008-03-04T12:13:00.000-05:002008-03-04T12:13:00.000-05:00Yes... safer. Ideally, one should use different p...Yes... saf<I>er</I>. Ideally, one should use different passwords for everything, but that'd drive us all crazy (and for some, it's a short drive). Short of that, it's best at least to separate the exposure -- use different passwords for things of different consequence, and definitely use different passwords for each financial institution.<BR/><BR/>The risk is that if your login ID and password combination is compromised, the thief can go around trying it at various web sites. The fewer sites that that combination works on, the better for containing the exposure.Barry Leibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-15505241625899396832008-03-04T12:02:00.000-05:002008-03-04T12:02:00.000-05:00So, since my email password is ONLY for email, whe...So, since my email password is ONLY for email, whereas other passwords are different, I'm "safe"?Juliettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01756362725224299355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-43788053532851943402008-03-04T10:55:00.000-05:002008-03-04T10:55:00.000-05:00Another clue that it's real: it doesn't contain an...Another clue that it's real: it doesn't contain any spelling mistakes ;)BennyInchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12233396922422255073noreply@blogger.com