On Sat 2008-Aug-16 12:36, Richard Webb (1:116/901) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 RW> MOst of the "criminals" which is exactly what they are, know that 
 RW> JOe six pack is gullible enough and doesn't pay enough attention 
 RW> anyway, so it wouldn't matter what they might name it, so long as 
 RW> the name is close.

That's true, too.

 RW> That's why they can hoodwink the sheeple into going to a dummy web 
 RW> site with a name close to the name of a legit bank and getting 
 RW> them to provide all sorts of personal data.

I learned a long time ago which are trusted sites and avoid going to those
I don't know, except where someone references one that you think might be
okay.

 RW> these phishermen and pharmers know exactly what they're doing, 
 RW> playing on the gullibility and greed of the average person.

There are plenty of those fish in the sea.

 RW> All ya got to do is say you're giving something away and
 RW> they'll line up.

If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.

 RW> THe sad thing is every once in awhile they catch some of us who 
 RW> are sharp enough to catch on, but they know we can't warn all our 
 RW> friends and family fast enough to keep some from getting bit.

See above.  (-:

 RW> tHe thing they ought to realize when harvesting email addresses 
 RW> from usenet and other places is that they're going to catch a 
 RW> larger percentage of savvy folks, especially with usenet, as most 
 RW> of the facebook crowd doesn't use it, text only, too clunky, and 
 RW> the folks who weren't old school computer literate don't realize 
 RW> what usenet is or see a reason they'd want to use it.

The text only is alright, unless you're at a trusted site.  You can mark those.

 RW> tHis later group is more their target audience for these things.

Absolutely.

 RW> THey're the folks that bought the broadband connections to ship 
 RW> pictures of fluffy the pomeranian and the grandkids around.

Hmn.


Regards,

Roger 
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