Such flooding sessions do probably more harm to innocent bystanders that really hit the scammers.
I don't agree. Innocent people have mistakenly entered their e-gold account number and passwords into many of these fake e-mail log-ins. Doing so lets their gold get stolen.
So, the scammers are attacking innocent people, perhaps naive people in particular. Scammers are using these fake log-ins to facilitate theft of gold.
Since theft of gold happens more often on e-gold than on e-Bullion, GoldMoney, and Pecunix put together, it is important to take effective steps to counter-attack these scammers. Apparently, changing policies at e-gold isn't in the near future. So, the user community should act.
The script takes action by giving the scammers exactly what they ask for, in excess. The scammers want people to give them user number and password info, and the script Ragnar posted does exactly that.
I do think the scammers can employ a countermeasure, which I've already seen, of redirecting their fake log-in to the e-gold.com server. That has resulted in a few minutes delay with spends I've tried to make at the e-gold.com server, with "Server too busy" as the error. There are a number of counter-counter measures being developed to this redirect, of course.
Obviously, no solution is without cost. However, it is useful to tell the scammers that we are sick and tired of their spam e-mails and their scams. If the only result is that those of us willing to counter-attack their efforts don't receive any more of their spam, that's points to the good.
The internet is already suffering from worms, virusses and other nastyness;
Yes, and fake login scams are part of the nastiness, a very bad part. Moreover, the Internet is not a monolith. Attacks on the scammers and their servers are appropriate. If we shut down every one of their servers and their ISPs charge them out the yin-yang for excess bandwidth utilization, it is no more than they deserve.
A better initiative would be if GDCA puts their effort in doing something possitive. Setup some security training program (a nifty flash tour) that educates John Doe some basic security awareness.
Joris, thank you for bringing this idea to the attention of the GDCA. Since it is your idea, I request that you create the nifty flash tour, or hire someone to do it for you. You might try Kerry Pearson up in Vancouver. He did the "Boot on Your Neck Party" and several other good flash presentations. E-mail me for his contact details.
If you don't wish to be in charge of this project, that's fine, but you can hardly expect it will get done any time soon. That's my standard policy with ideas on offer. When anyone says, "Someone should..." I always ask that person to be the one.
Regards,
Jim Davidson President Global Digital Currencies Association http://www.gdcaonline.org/
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