I received what you might call unsolicited mail from the post office. It arrived addressed to Postal Customer and in bold was the title "Identity theft prevention tips."
If the majority of receivers do open these letters, this project will have very good results. Educating the public about phishing and identity theft online is hard enough so any outside help is really a good idea. The letter inside reads:
"Enclosed is a brochure that provides you with helpful tips, phone numbers, websites, and steps you can take to deter, detect and defend yourself against identity theft. Please take the time to read through it and follow the advice. Sincerely, John E. Potter, Postmaster General."
The brochure itself is produced by the FTC and is actually the best brochure I've read yet. Most organizations are definitely becoming more savvy about these issues so explanations and solutions are more detailed than ever.
The problem with phishing is still rampant but ever since we implemented our anti-phishing redirect page a lot of other companies are following with the same. Our page had 4,083 visits in January alone due to the scams we have had to disable, mainly on dedicated servers. This is a huge improvement since my last post about the redirection page. I think this is because I continue to believe that the key to solving phishing really lies in educating dedicated server customers. The freedom we allow them should really be considered a danger and treated as such. Dedicated server hosts can still give customers the control they seek but they have to give them guidelines with it.
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