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Phishers Get Phoney

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the punlarious dept.

Nick Johnson writes to mention a new twist on phishing. From the article: "The spammed message warns of a problem with a bank account and instructs the recipient to dial a phone number to resolve it. The caller is connected to a voice response system that is made to sound exactly like the bank's own system. The phone system identifies itself to the target as the financial institution and prompts them to enter account number and PIN."

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  1. Re:This... by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Makes me think that it is still the safest option to have stupid customers do all their banking right at a teller.

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  2. Ah, but how.. by Squalid05 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..do they know what bank i use? I've had emails from banks all over the world regarding my "account". The only email i havent got yet is from the bank i actually use!

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    1. Re:Ah, but how.. by Mayhem178 · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's crazy talk. Online banking isn't the way to go! The real money is in those desperate Nigerian money transfers. Hell, I've won the UK lottery at least 20 times. I should be the richest man in the world by now.

      Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna buy some cheap Viagra and refinance my home.

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    2. Re:Ah, but how.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      The key is to be a customer at a bank that doesn't give a shit about you.

      Is there any other kind?

  3. Re:This... by Solra+Bizna · · Score: 5, Funny

    Until somebody makes a whole fake bank branch building.

    -:sigma.SB

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  4. Re:Wow by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 2, Funny

    What's the next step. Setting up a phony bank branch and asking you to come into it? Maybe I should just start using only cash.

    Yeah. I bet you that shiny $3 bill in my wallet that cash is a lot safer than banking...

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  5. Re:This... by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then they can fake accounts, fake investments, fake interest, and...hell, why don't they just open a bank?

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  6. Yo Ho Ho! by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 2, Funny

    The answer is to take all your money, convert it into gold coins, then bury it in a chest on an uninhabited island. Don't forget to kill the pirates who helped you bury it before leaving. Celebrate with a bottle of rum.

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  7. Re:speaking of stupid... by LearnToSpell · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know the woman who says "For English, press 1" isn't actually sitting there, right?

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  8. Re:This... by vertinox · · Score: 3, Funny

    Makes me think that it is still the safest option to have stupid customers do all their banking right at a teller.

    What if the Phishers send email with instructions for stupid customers to go into fake banks and do business with fake tellers?

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  9. Re:speaking of stupid... by sacrilicious · · Score: 3, Funny
    You know the woman who says "For English, press 1" isn't actually sitting there, right?

    No *wonder* she hasn't answered my letters.

    No matter, I thought she was a little too aloof anyhow.

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  10. Ok... by mogwai7 · · Score: 2, Funny

    So we have phoney phishing phreaks now?