[PLUG] Is this a scam?

[Paul Heinlein]

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Scott Van Hoosen wrote:

> A co-worker has a student loan through Sallie Mae, but received an
> email that seemed suspicious to me.
>
> She was asked to sign in to the following web page, using her social
> security number as a password, which first caught my attention:

The link is apparently legitimate (https to manageyourloans.com), but
I suggest never passing an SSN over the Net. Have her call them (using
a public 1-800 number or something) and request that they setup a
password instead.

--Paul Heinlein <heinlein at madboa.com>