phishing scams Question And Answer
Do people really still fall for those "phishing" scams?
I am so tired of getting emails from "Citbiank" or "Paypel" or some other mispelled institution, trying to get information from me. I don't even open the email, I just delete it. Are people still falling for those stupid scams?
Answers
Dummies and blondes do.
Stupid scams for stupid people.
My aunt did once.
Many still do, and the phishers are getting a little more sophisticated as well.
People must be still falling for them, because they keep sending them. Go figure.
they wouldn't keep sending them if people didn't fall for them...... you can forward the paypal ones to; spoof@paypal.com and paypal will do everything they can to prosecute the sender
sure in many ways and everyday....
they make their rounds every 4-5 years when it dies down and goes away and new suckers get bank accounts.
My favorite is the one from the bank of (fill in the blank) in some country no one has ever heard of and if you give them all the info they will deposit 7.5 million into my account
According to this article, a year ago they certainly were:
http://www.finextra.com/fullstory.asp?id=14640
All the time.
If you do not check a company before entering into a transaction, you could lose your money, time and credibility. Some widely used resources are the Better Business Bureau (www.bbb.org) and the national fraud center ( www.fraud.org) These days, you can easily find out more about a company using the internet in a few minutes. From a company's website, you can details about its ownership, how old the company really is and feedback from the company's customers.
You can find more detailed information about a company at http://tinyurl.com/gtb89
