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kw524
join:2005-07-09
Walden, NY | reply to MGD
Re: [Phishing] ALERT!! New Vicious PAYPAL phishing
I'm just a uneducated machinist in upstate N.Y. and I knew better than to fall for that one. Maybe some Lawyers, Engineers, Academic Professionals, Web Consultants, Business owners and Headhunters go seek some common sense courses | |
MGD
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-31
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| said by kw524  :... I knew better than to fall for that one. Maybe some Lawyers, Engineers, Academic Professionals, Web Consultants, Business owners and Headhunters go seek some common sense courses Good point, I see repeatedly that there is no correlation between extended education and common sense.
I am far more sympathetic to the elderly though, some get phished over and and over. I noticed a while back that some elderly victims that I notified to cancel their credit card, would say "oh no not again". When I inquired as to why, they said that their bank had contacted them twice in the past six months to notify them that there were multiple charges coming in from foreign countries, and their card was compromised.
These victims did not have any idea how it was happening. I asked them if they routinely responded to emails from Banks etc., then got copies of some of those emails. It was clear that these people were being re targeted over and over. Once they had first responded to a random phish, the phisher would come back and later and hit them with personalized phishes. Because they now new their full name and the issuing banks name, the next phishes would contain their name and the specific bank's name.
That is why I always tell people to never respond period, using the rule that legitimate mail will always include their name, no longer applies in these cases.
MGD | |
savannah27
join:2006-05-08
Gloucester City, NJ
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I received a letter, that looked so much like a Paypal letter., It stated that they were removing over 800 bucks froim my credit card and were sending two razor phones to this address in Hatfield pa. First thing I did was call the bank and close off everything. I got a new account, new cards, new everything. The letter stated if I did not approve of this shipment to click on an url. But then the url was not workable. The bank told me if it happens agin, just dlete it because they ar elooking for info is all. I don;'t allow junkmail into my account and if it gets thru I delete it. Something needs to be done because this is the 3rd time its happened to me . Its just a pain to have to change everything to be on the safe side. | |
MeanPeepsSuk
mmmMMMeaty
join:2004-11-21
Muddy Field
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said by kw524 :I'm just a uneducated machinist in upstate N.Y. and I knew better than to fall for that one. Maybe some Lawyers, Engineers, Academic Professionals, Web Consultants, Business owners and Headhunters go seek some common sense courses It seems like common sense.. because you know what to look for, but it's not really common sense, is it? I mean all the clues to soothe the "average" user are there. That's why people get fooled. You'd have to know to look for the off URL... and know you should first (most things are easy when you know what to do, right?).
I do IT for wide range of high professionals, and (for the most part), they are not stupid.. they just don't have time to keep up with all this. And, personally, I'd rather my doctors, lawyers, etc, spending their waking moments keeping up with their field ... rather than spending time with all this.
Besides, most of them don't actually do their administrivia, they have low paid staff doing it for them (yes, reading all their email, doing online banking, etc.).
Just food for thought...
Good job, MGD.. Keep on rockin'
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"There are no victories against stupidity; only battles."
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