If you receive a dodgy Email from your bank, you look it over and say 'ah-ha', and delete it. No, you're not going to get caught in a phishing scam!
But many people do. And one reason why it is so easy to catch them is because only the suckers, the newbies and those who had a momentary lapse of concentration get caught. Gee, doesn't that make it easy for the phishers?
Now, what do these bozos do to honest internet businesses that don't pay their extortion fees??? Why, they'd send masses of useless replies to your business and make it impossible for you to tell the genuine inquiry from the masses of fakes. That is, if the masses of Email didn't swamp your server.
Hey, are you thinking what I'm thinking? Haven't we been making it just a little tooo easy for the phishers by deleting their bait and making sure their servers are squeaky clean with nothing but the targets replying???
So here is how we turn the tables.
1) Check to make sure the message isn't from the bank and is virus free;
2) DO NOT DELETE IT;
3) Reply to the Email with realistic sounding names (that's plural ~ why stop at one???), fake credit card numbers etc;
4) Send a message to all of your friends to do the same;
5) Another phisherman bites the dust
Note that it is illegal to launch a denial of service attack. On the other hand, it is perfectly legal to reply to an Email, so make sure you and your posse stay within the law.
I'd be interested in any feedback
Robert
But many people do. And one reason why it is so easy to catch them is because only the suckers, the newbies and those who had a momentary lapse of concentration get caught. Gee, doesn't that make it easy for the phishers?
Now, what do these bozos do to honest internet businesses that don't pay their extortion fees??? Why, they'd send masses of useless replies to your business and make it impossible for you to tell the genuine inquiry from the masses of fakes. That is, if the masses of Email didn't swamp your server.
Hey, are you thinking what I'm thinking? Haven't we been making it just a little tooo easy for the phishers by deleting their bait and making sure their servers are squeaky clean with nothing but the targets replying???
So here is how we turn the tables.
1) Check to make sure the message isn't from the bank and is virus free;
2) DO NOT DELETE IT;
3) Reply to the Email with realistic sounding names (that's plural ~ why stop at one???), fake credit card numbers etc;
4) Send a message to all of your friends to do the same;
5) Another phisherman bites the dust
Note that it is illegal to launch a denial of service attack. On the other hand, it is perfectly legal to reply to an Email, so make sure you and your posse stay within the law.
I'd be interested in any feedback
Robert