I've seen a spate of phishing attempts in my email lately, for institutions such as "Pacific Capital BanCorp," with a fake URL to gather in my data (assuming that I have an account there). I'll get half a dozen in a row, each with a different domain, such as "2dfe.com." Does this mean that they're having to create new domains and sites quickly before groups like Anti-phishing.org shut them down? I know that I report them the minute I see them. Of course, it's harder to deal with the ones in China, which apparently just took over first place in this kind of thing from the US, according to Anti-phishing.org

By the way, it sure would be nice if Thunderbird had a feature for forwarding a group of emails to a single address, rather than having to do them individually.

[Update a minute or so later]

Hmmm...actually there is. If you highlight a block of messages, and hit "Forward," it attaches them all to the forwarded message. Cool.

I'd be happier if all the financial institutions would digitally sign things. The 10,000 offers from banks I don't have any relationships with are one thing, but I _have_ to read everything that could be from the folks that own my house. And some of the Phishing is becoming much more subtle.