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People Suck at Spotting Phishing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-doubt-here dept.

JohnGrahamCumming writes "Initial results at SpamOrHam.org show that people don't fare well when trying to spot spams and phishes. This blog entry shows some actual spams and phishes that people fell for, as well as genuine messages that they think are spam." The thing about these s[cp]ams is that they must work sometimes. When I see the messages, I can't fathom 'how'.

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  1. It's quite simple... by brouski · · Score: 5, Funny

    Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.

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  2. Re:if it's done well, and some are by HunterZ · · Score: 5, Funny

    [i]Windoz lusers most likely, that sh*t just promotes stupidity.

    *BSD 4 lyfe![/i]

    Sounds like BSD doesn't help much in that department either.

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