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OT: Be Careful of E-mail Phishing

Hi everyone,

I am not sure if it is legit, but I just received 2 emails that looked like they were from this website with this info:

From: LAP-BAND® System Support Team [mailto:lapband@lapbandjourney.com]

Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 6:16 PM

To: {I took this out}

Subject: My LAP-BAND® Account Verification

Click on the following link (or cut and paste it into the location bar of you browser) to create a new password:

& it had a link to click on so you could "log in".................... please be careful if you get one of these, I sent an email to the Webmaster for this Website.........

I'm not trying to be an alarmist, but just please use caution when you get e-mails that look legit & they ask for username & password info.

Best wishes to everyone on their lap-band journey.

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lapbandjourney.com is an alternate link to the lapband.com website run by Allergan, btw.

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Thanks- I saw it was an alternate link, but these 2 e-mails came out of the blue.

I didnt include the links in my post, but the links did appear to be suspicious, hopefully I am wrong, but it does not hurt to exercise caution. Unless I go directly to a site (unsolicited) and log-in, I don't respond to e-mails requesting that I "verify" my account.

I have received "phishing e-mails" before from both imposter credit card websites and imposter e-bay websites requesting that I verify my account, in all instances I contacted their Webmasters to verify their legitimacy & in all cases they were fake links that I had received.

Like I said, hopefully I am wrong, but better safe then sorry.

Best wishes-

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