On Dec 2, 2007 3:32 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, now *this* is an interesting twist on the Nigerian scam ...
Its a great way to get repeat customers... I remember a story about a retiree in Florida who wouldn't believe his associate Mr. Mubatu, would ever abscond with his monies, even when the FBI told him "this is really happening". Back in my tech support days, I had a customer who fell for two scams: 1:) She fell for a mindspring "we will terminate your account unless you pay us X dollars" when she didn't even have mindspring as an ISP. 2:) After I told her thaty clicking on an "unsubscribe" link on spam only validates your address (don't click on that. bad!), she clicked on "unsubscribe" and then spammer replied with "we need your cc number to unsubscribe you from our mailing list" and she readily complied. In light of such users, even if they are only one in a million, the numbers add up to profit. Repeat customers, even better: you just have to update their profile :-) -JP _______________________________________________ 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.
