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Email Fraudsters Make It Harder for Corporations to Alert Their Customers About Phisher Scams
MailFrontier Uncovers New Email Fraud Technique

Palo Alto, Calif., January 21, 2004 – MailFrontier, a pioneer in messaging security and leading provider of anti-spam solutions, is alerting corporations of a new phishing technique that will make it difficult for spoofed companies to warn customers about email fraud.

As with many phishing scams, this email asks the recipient to click on a link taking them to a web page requesting a wide range of personal information. The gathered information is most likely used for credit card fraud and identity theft. In previous cases of email fraud, the spoofed corporations have captured the fraudulent site in a screen shot and used it to warn their customers of the scam.

However, fraudulent emails continue to become more sophisticated and the newest technique, discovered by MailFrontier, restricts company’s ability to capture these screen shots. The fraudsters use sophisticated programming techniques to disable copy and paste functionality, which in turn disables the print screen feature. Fraudulent email scams are now more likely to succeed, allowing them to prolong the fraud’s lifetime and endanger more email users.


About MailFrontier
MailFrontier is a pioneer in messaging security, ensuring the continued vitality of email for business communication. Enterprises need to keep email secure and productive. MailFrontier approaches this problem with a focus on email users, becoming the first company in the industry to provide a unique user-centric approach. This approach has now become the standard for email security offerings. MailFrontier has more than 300 enterprise customers, including Pier 1 Imports, Wyndham International and Peet’s Coffee & Tea. Founded in February 2002, MailFrontier is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. The company’s investors include New Enterprise Associates, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Menlo Ventures. For additional information, go to www.mailfrontier.com


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