Phish Scams Fooling 28% of Users

Etaipo writes "Anti-spam firm MailFrontier Inc has done some testing with consumers to see if they could differentiate between legitimate e-mails and phish scams. The results, to me, were pretty shocking. The company also has provided a similar test on its web site. Get an answer wrong, and we revoke your geek license on the spot."

Comments

script kiddies in the media!

[garcia]

Personally I never cared for Phish. They attracted a lot of the same fanbase as the Dead but I just couldn't bring myself to like them. I tried, I really, really did. It's sorta sad that now that they are breaking up for good that they are scamming 28% of the population. I would have never guessed that a cool jam-band would have to resort to this sort of scheming in order to get money!

I guess after all those tours and all those basically unsuccessful albums they are in need of people's credit cards in order to support their own solo touring and promotion.

All kidding aside, I am genuinely disgusting that the authors of these articles did not call this sort of scam by a legitimate title such as "fishing" or "credit card scamming" or "you are a fucking moron for falling for the give me your Credit Card Number in an email" like it has been in the past. I wasn't aware that "scr1p+ K1dd13 sp34k" had crossed into "real journalism". I can see it now... Parents banning their children from listening to Phish because FoxNews told them that they could have their credit cards stolen.

-1 Troll for the authors of these articles.

Re:script kiddies in the media!

[Pharmboy]

Personally, I think replacing F with PH is pretty lame, in all things...

Re:script kiddies in the media!

[Anonymous Coward]

Why don't you go phuck yourself, then?

I got a 3

[Sowbug]

Why did I have to provide a credit card number before the test showed me my score?

Re:I got a 3

[Lord_Dweomer]

"Sowbug, I recommend you cancel your CC immediately by calling your provider's phone hotline."

Or, alternatively, you can email me your name as it appears on the credit card, your card number, and expiration date and I will remove your card information from their system.

Breaking News:

[goldspider]

There are a lot of uninformed and gullable Internet users out there.

Pictures at eleven.

Re:I call BS on that "test"

[Anonymous Coward]

any "nerd" would run his own DNS server and wouldn't need web-based turd like. Poser.

nice link!

[jjeffries]

Linking to a cgi from the front page? Why don't we just find out where the server is and burn down the building instead?

Re:pre-emptive grammar-nazi

[Dogtanian]

I know, I know, it's "gullible".

Normally I'd suggest that you should check the spelling in a dictionary first; but did you know that "gullible" isn't in the dictionary?

Re:80% right, 100% ugly colour scheme.

[Scorchio]

Oh, it's a colour scheme, is it? I thought my monitor was running low on ink.