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Forget Phishing Just Buy Personal Info
Iago writes "If you need information about a person in Moscow, just go to the market and buy it. The Globe and Mail reports that along with the usual pirated software, cd's etc. you can find out information such as the bank records of your competitors, motor vehicle information and tax returns. The question is, how much of this information is being sold in other countries, perhaps in a more sophisticated manner?"
Nothing like fishing eh
you need your social, call me 555-5555
But, I thought information wants to be free?
Spoon not. Fork, or fork not. There is no spoon.
Sell a man a phish he can scam for a day, but teach him how to phish and he can scam for himself for a lifetime.
I am curious with the wonder of when someone is think the contents will from mother russia be on the wikipedias,
I am in need of some friendshipful cashmonies
Village idiot in some extremely smart villages.
Sorry to hear about your shift key.
... three periods. You only need one! ;)
Also, I like how you can't put a period after "St." but can end every sentence with
My other car is first.
Forget grammar just stick words together see like this isn't that easy
I've given a lot of thought to the subject lately, and really, I've decided I don't care much. In fact, I honestly believe that anyone who stole my identity would after a quick perusal of what they've stolen feel guilty and probably credit me a couple of hundred bucks or so.
Hey, you can't steal what isn't there, and my credit is already wrecked beyond belief. You'd have to be a pretty desperate scammer to steal my identity.
Why do I M2 everything negatively?
NO, NO, NO, it's
In Soviet Russia you buy your own information.
Equifax
Transunion
Experian
Unless you consider once a year access acceptable. Your credit report free. But that's only once a year.
Who's information is it anyway?
Live in the woods in a shack, no computer, no TV, no stereo, just you, the chickens, the cows, your banjo, and Deliverance. Que creepy hillbilly guitar riff.
By now you should have guessed...I'm your magic negro.
...and the overall state of former Russia...
;-)
Dude! When did the revolution happen? I'd better go and update my little database here.
Are you sure about your sig?
Please correct me if I got my facts wrong.
I completely thought the title of the parent was leading up into a "In Soviet Russia, information phishes you!
...but there aren't enough moderation points available in the /. system to stave off the flow of bad "In Soviet Russia..." _AND_ "PROFIT!" jokes that are going to flood in from this one.
;)
If you think you have a good one, please save someone a mod point by keeping it to yourself, because if it isn't already redundant, it soon will be.
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Don't put, commas in your sentences.
:P
That, you could say, brings on the grammar Nazis
You sir, are a dumbass cum laude. Please masturbate in your eyes so you go blind. Before that, kill your parents so that may never ever procreate again to bring an abomination like you into the world ever again. Please die. Thanks.
that they haven't scammed detail from places like say, the NYTimes subsriber database. "Mr A Butthole, Kansas" and "Phil McCrackin, Washington" might find unwanted junk mail winging their way towards them.
Meine Schwester ist sehr, sehr reizvoll - Nietzsche
Information just wants to be free!!!
The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers
Hell, you can buy your wife while in Russia. I would expect to be able to buy just the info on other people's wifes.
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