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How good are you at spotting phishing scams?
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AskWoody LoungerJuly 30, 2004 at 1:31 pm #408005Viewing 7 reply threadsAuthorReplies-
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AskWoody LoungerJuly 31, 2004 at 3:13 pm #85814080% for me too.
That means 20% of the time I’d make a mistake if I bothered reading these things. Like Bob and Mark, I never touch commercial links in e-mails. These day, I can’t think of a good reason why one would do something so foolish. Unless of course, they enjoy grief and trouble. Then it’s not foolish…. it’s entertainment !!
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AskWoody LoungerAugust 2, 2004 at 5:51 pm #858823IMO people are lonely. I see no other explanation of why so many people feel compelled to read everything everyone sends them whether they know the person or not. They must be desperate for someone to talk to. That’s all I can think of anyway. Personally I like being alone, much of the time. Peace & quiet gives me time to think. But then that’s another observation I’ve made-most people don’t like to think.
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AskWoody LoungerAugust 2, 2004 at 6:35 pm #858875Could be. For me, it boils down to the same thing-but then I’m happy with what I have, love my wife, etc.
I’ve never understood why people have extra-marital affairs. If they’re happy at home then why risk it? If they aren’t happy at home then why don’t they split up? I think it must be what you’re talking about-to me it’s just greed. What I have might not be the best that’s possible, but it’s good enough for me. If I’m happy with what I have then I’m not going to worry about ‘missing out’ on something, better or not. Good enough is good enough for me. (Jeez-I’m making a hash out of explaining this.)
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AskWoody LoungerAugust 2, 2004 at 6:44 pm #858889I think you’re describing something quite different, perhaps a topic for the Scuttlebutt board.
Most of these phishing scams are made up to appear to come from banks or eBay or PayPal, etc., designed to scare people into thinking they need to act immediately on something critical to them: their money.
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AskWoody LoungerAugust 2, 2004 at 6:50 pm #858897You’re right. For me it’s easy to drift across the line from how to recognize a phishing scam to why do people open them in the first place-at least half the ones I get (or I assume that what I get are phishing scams-can’t be sure since I don’t open them) are from banks/people with whom I have no relationship. Common sense tells me that a message sent ‘blind’-as these obviously are-is likely to be a scam. And that, I hope, brings this thread back to how to recognize phishing rather than the ‘why do people open them’ that I drifted into. Sorry ’bout that.
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AskWoody LoungerAugust 2, 2004 at 6:50 pm #858898You’re right. For me it’s easy to drift across the line from how to recognize a phishing scam to why do people open them in the first place-at least half the ones I get (or I assume that what I get are phishing scams-can’t be sure since I don’t open them) are from banks/people with whom I have no relationship. Common sense tells me that a message sent ‘blind’-as these obviously are-is likely to be a scam. And that, I hope, brings this thread back to how to recognize phishing rather than the ‘why do people open them’ that I drifted into. Sorry ’bout that.
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AskWoody LoungerAugust 2, 2004 at 6:44 pm #858890I think you’re describing something quite different, perhaps a topic for the Scuttlebutt board.
Most of these phishing scams are made up to appear to come from banks or eBay or PayPal, etc., designed to scare people into thinking they need to act immediately on something critical to them: their money.
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AskWoody LoungerAugust 2, 2004 at 6:35 pm #858876Could be. For me, it boils down to the same thing-but then I’m happy with what I have, love my wife, etc.
I’ve never understood why people have extra-marital affairs. If they’re happy at home then why risk it? If they aren’t happy at home then why don’t they split up? I think it must be what you’re talking about-to me it’s just greed. What I have might not be the best that’s possible, but it’s good enough for me. If I’m happy with what I have then I’m not going to worry about ‘missing out’ on something, better or not. Good enough is good enough for me. (Jeez-I’m making a hash out of explaining this.)
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AskWoody LoungerAugust 2, 2004 at 5:51 pm #858824IMO people are lonely. I see no other explanation of why so many people feel compelled to read everything everyone sends them whether they know the person or not. They must be desperate for someone to talk to. That’s all I can think of anyway. Personally I like being alone, much of the time. Peace & quiet gives me time to think. But then that’s another observation I’ve made-most people don’t like to think.
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AskWoody LoungerJuly 31, 2004 at 3:13 pm #85814180% for me too.
That means 20% of the time I’d make a mistake if I bothered reading these things. Like Bob and Mark, I never touch commercial links in e-mails. These day, I can’t think of a good reason why one would do something so foolish. Unless of course, they enjoy grief and trouble. Then it’s not foolish…. it’s entertainment !!
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