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Fishing for Phishers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-think-about dept.

mleachpdx writes "This blog entry probes into the details of an online banking phishing scam and suggests some fraud deterrence and detection measures."

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  1. Or.... by jmcmunn · · Score: 4, Informative

    From the article: "The home page of the phishing site looked identical to the actual online banking site. I was impressed. Someone had spent a considerable amount of time mirroring the entire look and feel."

    Or they just used the Spiderzilla extension for FireFox and downloaded the entire site. Wow, that scammer went to a lot of work. I have gotten these scams before though, and it is no laughing matter that they go to a lot of trouble to look legit. And I bet the estimate of 15% of people who fall for it listed in the article is actually a little low.

  2. They don't know who you are by Space+cowboy · · Score: 4, Informative

    I must have got a dozen or so of these in the last few days, my spam appears to go in phases... either I'm in dire need of sexually-enhancing drugs, about to die from malnutrition, or they're all just after my CC details...

    It's just a blanket 'attack'. Email is cheap, and they're not trying to be smart because they don't need to be.

    Simon

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    Physicists get Hadrons!
  3. check out antiphishing.org by enbody · · Score: 5, Informative

    Check out antiphising.org

  4. ROI by Gary+Destruction · · Score: 4, Informative

    The scammer went to alot of work because the Return on Investment was so high. For a few hours of work, he probably a substantial amount of cash.