The Hoax

THE HOAX

Let's dispose of one technique that is absolutely a hoax (meaning a fraud: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage.) If you see a newsgroup post or web page with something like the following, it is a hoax and will not work.

: : : (([[THIS REALLY WORKS ]])) : : :

(1) send an E-mail to passwordrecovery@yourdomainhere.com

(2) In the subject box type the screenname of the person whose password you wish to steal

(3) In the message box type the following: /cgi-bin/start?v703&login.USER=passmachine&class=supervisor&f={your aol password}&f=27586&javascript=ACTIVE&rsa

(4) Send the e-mail with priority set to "high" (red ! in some mailprograms)

(5) wait 2-3 minutes and check your mail

(6) Read the message.-Where YOUR password was typed before, NOW, the password of the screenname in the code string is there!!!

Why does this work? Itґs a special