As posted to the user mailing list, the Virginia Tech tragedy has prompted some unscrupulous folks to set up fake donation sites. Several of these possible scams and phishes have been submitted to the Tank by edgester, who also helps on the technology side of PhishTank.

Judge them carefully. Scams are not necessarily phish, so apply your judgment appropriately.

VTFamilies.org is a site doing the right thing. I’ve checked it out personally, after an appeal by one of the site administrators. If you want to help, or simply remember, you should visit.

I wouldn’t normally call attention to tragedies: there are simply too many. But the (possible) intersection of phishing and this story called for an exception.

When blog comments are not enough... it's time for a mailing list. PhishTank can improve faster if its members and developers are talking directly to each other, not just sharing their ideas or frustrations directly with the team here. With that in mind, here are two mailing lists, one for anyone & everyone involved with PhishTank and one for developers who want to discuss the PhishTank API and data uses.

In both cases, only subscribed members may post to the list. Postings are not moderated. Postings are archived on a corresponding website, which isn't pretty yet, but email addresses are stripped, of course, to prevent harvesting.

Users

For general discussion within the entire PhishTank community: PhishTank Users

To subscribe: blank email to
To post:
Archive: http://phishtank.com/lists/users/

Developers

For discussion about developing with the PhishTank API, and with PhishTank data more broadly.

To subscribe: blank email to
To post:
Archive: http://phishtank.com/lists/developers/

The PhishTank administrators are on both lists, of course.