Email Announcing Sony PRS Update OK? Phishing

Vienna01 · 12-30-2009, 06:58 PM

edit: I should have said Email Announcing Sony PRS 500 Update OK? PHISHING ???
<I don't know if it is such>

Yesterday I received an announcement of a new 500 update from "Reader Store Support"

This is now available Please click the url below for complete details:
URL : ebooks.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/138
Thank you,
Reader Store Support\

I don't recall seeing this kind of message before. I guess I am hyper-sensitive to the possibility of phishing emails. I do not open emails that I fear. I first read them w/o displaying HTML content and attachments. Sometimes I do not down load emails after I see headers. The AV software I use tries to protect me from suspect URL, but I don't depend upon it.

Is Sony sending announcement like this now?

JSWolf · 12-30-2009, 07:00 PM

Is it not phishing. It's just a bit late.

Vienna01 · 12-30-2009, 07:08 PM

Thanks. Glad it was OK.
The URL: was not displayed by my email reader as a URL. Guess that is because it wasn't complete URL

12-30-2009, 06:58 PM	#1
Vienna01 Old Dog Learns New Tricks Posts: 123 Karma: 142 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Maryland USA Device: Sony PRS-500,PocketBook 301, Sony 650	Email Announcing Sony PRS Update OK? Phishing edit: I should have said Email Announcing Sony PRS 500 Update OK? PHISHING ??? <I don't know if it is such> Yesterday I received an announcement of a new 500 update from "Reader Store Support" This is now available Please click the url below for complete details: URL : ebooks.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/138 Thank you, Reader Store Support\ I don't recall seeing this kind of message before. I guess I am hyper-sensitive to the possibility of phishing emails. I do not open emails that I fear. I first read them w/o displaying HTML content and attachments. Sometimes I do not down load emails after I see headers. The AV software I use tries to protect me from suspect URL, but I don't depend upon it. Is Sony sending announcement like this now? Last edited by Vienna01; 12-30-2009 at 07:03 PM.

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12-30-2009, 07:00 PM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,785 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Is it not phishing. It's just a bit late.

12-30-2009, 07:08 PM	#3
Vienna01 Old Dog Learns New Tricks Posts: 123 Karma: 142 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Maryland USA Device: Sony PRS-500,PocketBook 301, Sony 650	Thanks. Glad it was OK. The URL: was not displayed by my email reader as a URL. Guess that is because it wasn't complete URL

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