One of the tricks I teach is to look for anything that looks too juicy.
Those kids don´t know how to be subtle, There´s a common scan running
wild down here where the scammer claims by email the user made a
purchase of CDs, HT hardware and other stuff, and the amount will be
withdrawed from his account if no further action is taken.
Problem is: It´s a truckload of cash, 99,9% of the population DON´T have
such amount of money in their bank accounts.
People react better and faster to small nisuances. Claim a $4,00 monthly
fee from a popular website and everyone will click the "cancel" button.
But well, those scammers can´t even spell or find a real job, why should
they know about social engineering?
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:36:31 -0500
Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> wrote:
--On Wednesday, August 30, 2006 03:18:34 -0300 cardoso
<cardosolistas@contraditorium.com> wrote:
Lesson#3
Fake news on Fox News ?? you really want to pass unnoticed...
Much better to place fake news on "respected" media sites. That way all
the boobs and rubes will believe it's actually true. After all, they
*already* believe the fake news that's published there.
Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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