>>>>>If this URL is malformed (not something.morething.com or xxx.yyy.zzz.qqq but containing a bunch of stuff and then having a @ somewhere in the middle) it's a safe bet that it's not safe. It's scam/spam/sham.
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>>>>Thank you for your input. So far, everything looks very legit.
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>>>One more thing: launch cmd.exe and tracert the url you got. See where it goes. Sometimes you may find your bank in Ukraine, China or France or any other surprisingly strange place ;).
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>>When you are saying to trace it, you mean by PINGing the url IP?
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>You can also get an idea of who it is here..
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http://www.whois.net/ (using domain name)
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>or here..
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http://tools.whois.net/whoisbyip/ (using IP address)
Thank you, Bill. I will try these links.
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