OT - WAY - OT

[Howard Wolowitz]

Sorry to bother the list but youse guys and gals are the only resource I 
have to pass this idea by.

To discourage phishing via email what about replying to some of all of the 
requests for information with totally false data?
They, thinking they have struck gold, will waste their time trying incorrect 
logins, passwords, account #s etc.  Sure it wasted your time too but if lots 
of people did it then they (the bad guys) would be busy 24 hours a day to no 
avail and maybe the number of phishing requests would go down.

My real question is - Is it safe to even follow the links?  (I do have virus 
protection but still ...)

Howie