OT - WAY - OT

[Bill Campbell]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008, Howard Wolowitz wrote:
>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 ...)

I wouldn't.  First off, I don't have the time, second, the
majority of the phishing these days is being done by professional
criminals, often in Russia, Romania, and other former Soviet
states, not the 419 Nigerians sitting in the local internet cafe
pumping out scams.

Bill
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