Re: phishing irony

[Mike Porter <mike () UDEL EDU>]

On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, Jesse Thompson wrote:

> I found a phish message today with the following at the top of the message:
>
> ========================================================================
> PHISHING: Legitimate organizations NEVER ask for your SSN, password,
> account number, or other personal data.  Do NOT ever provide such
> information to anyone via email.
> ========================================================================
>
> It was then followed by the usual request to reply to the @live.com address
> with account credentials.
>
> I can't figure out if the phishers are being stupid or genius.

The PayPal phishes all to type the URL for paypal, but of course the
message does provide a link to the "bad" site.  I think they bank on
people being lazy and stupid or people thinking IT is lazy and
stupid.

Mike

> Jesse
>
> --
>  Jesse Thompson
>  Division of Information Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
>  Email/IM: jesse.thompson () doit wisc edu

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