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		<title>Phishing Attempts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been a recent influx of phishing attempts against our subscribers. If you receive a message like the one below, please delete it immediately! We will NEVER send any such messages to our subscribers. In addition, please do not ever send your login and password to ANYONE, including us. We will not request it by [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s been a recent influx of phishing attempts against our subscribers. If you receive a message like the one below, please delete it immediately! We will NEVER send any such messages to our subscribers. In addition, please do not ever send your login and password to ANYONE, including us. We will not request it by email.</p>
<p>Please call our tech support number any time if you have any questions or have received any suspicious email.</p>
<p>Tech Support: 866-234-4883 &#8211; 24 hours a day</p>
<p>ConnectNC, Inc.<br />
420 SW Broad St<br />
Southern Pines, NC 28387<br />
910-695-7068</p>
<p>Go to our <a href="http://www.connectnc.com/">home page</a> to login to webmail</p>
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		<title>Please keep your passwords private!</title>
		<link>http://blog.connectnc.com/2008/07/14/please-keep-your-passwords-private/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are individuals who may send email to you, asking for your account password, or asking you to login to a web site to change your password. These people are posing as technical support people in an attempt to get your account password from you. Once they have your account password, they login to webmail [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are individuals who may send email to you, asking for your account password, or asking you to login to a web site to change your password.  These people are posing as technical support people in an attempt to get your account password from you.  Once they have your account password, they login to webmail and use your address to send out thousands of &#8220;spam&#8221; messages across the Internet.</p>
<p>There are a few steps you can take to make sure your account isn&#8217;t &#8220;hijacked&#8221; to use for spamming (sending junk email).  First, and most important, never give your password to anyone who is requesting it by email. Don&#8217;t login to any web site to change your password or enter your current password on the request of anyone by email.  If we feel your account has been compromised we&#8217;ll change your password for you. We&#8217;ll never email to ask you to do it.</p>
<p>You can read more about this kind of activity, called &#8220;phishing,&#8221; by going to the following URL:  <a title="What is phishing?" rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing</a></p>
<p>Second, please make sure your password is strong enough to prevent someone from guessing it.  If your username and password are the same, you&#8217;re a potential target for account hijacking.  Your password should contain upper and lower case letters, numbers and some other character(s), such as symbols or punctuation.  Here are a few examples of good and bad passwords.</p>
<p>GOOD passwords<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br />
M9ADu%3wQ! (good)<br />
NtiL@e_D5o1sig   (even better &#8211; more characters)</p>
<p>BAD passwords<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br />
1234 (one of the most commonly used and easily guessed passwords)<br />
spaniel (a word in the dictionary)</p>
<p>Please check your password here:<br />
<a title="Check a password to make sure it's safe" rel="nofollow" href="http://tinyurl.com/safe-passwords" target="_blank"> http://tinyurl.com/safe-passwords</a><br />
If your password strength is not rated &#8220;strong&#8221; or &#8220;best,&#8221; it should be changed immediately!</p>
<p>If you have ANY reason to believe that someone has guessed your password, please change it immediately.</p>
<p><a title="Login to your ConnectNC account manager" rel="nofollow" href="https://accounts.connectnc.net/">Your ConnectNC Account Manager:  https://accounts.connectnc.net/</a></p>
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