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RE: The solution to Phishing
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 04:08:01 GMT
Not sure if anyone else has seen the L.A. Times article on Sunday: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-scammers20oct20,0,7003468.story?coll=la-home-world It's definately worth the read. Also worth a read: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20051025/1030224_F.shtml Never attribute to cluelessness, or ignorance, what you may be able to attribute to mailce or corruption. - ferg -- "Aditya Deshmukh" <aditya.deshmukh () online gateway strangled net> wrote:
To start up a bank. What, did you think that was impossible? Lots of people have done it, you don't need a licence (provided you pretend that you aren't a bank) and you don't even need any capital. The one that comes most readily to mind is Paypal. And in the New Zealand Fitzgerald Bank, online services will only be available to those who can demonstrate a degree of Clue. Alternatively, in the NZFB, online services will use an authentication system that can't be phished.
This bank would be perfect for all 419 emails that need my account to transfer millions from some "suspense account" or "inheretance" -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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