tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post3176568423009125870..comments2024-03-28T00:36:36.460-07:00Comments on The Tree of Life: Email phishing - does anyone still fall for these? #SPAMJonathan Eisenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-9655972219570404842011-09-12T11:35:17.294-07:002011-09-12T11:35:17.294-07:00Morgan - I should have been clearer. I know some ...Morgan - I should have been clearer. I know some of these scams work. What I was wondering was - are there ones out there that don't work at all? That is, have an effective fitness of zero?Jonathan Eisenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-31022950628009659852011-09-12T11:18:32.261-07:002011-09-12T11:18:32.261-07:00Back when they did these scams by phone, the victi...Back when they did these scams by phone, the victims were usually elderly people...Morgan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605746270741576772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-18274963469463035212011-09-11T07:31:38.823-07:002011-09-11T07:31:38.823-07:00Well, I can see how some creative one's might ...Well, I can see how some creative one's might spoof some people ... but some of them out there are incredibly lame ... like this one ... I just cannot imagine anyone falling for it ...Jonathan Eisenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-52257259424227017072011-09-11T07:07:57.824-07:002011-09-11T07:07:57.824-07:00FWIW our university's IT department still freq...FWIW our university's IT department still frequently has to lock accounts and reset passwords every time a similar one as these pops up. Worse, they're often "localized" by running them through google translate. So it doesn't even read like official communication.Wimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501002401077659274noreply@blogger.com