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Date: Thu Jun 29 21:55:33 2006 From: houdini+full-disclosure at clanspum.net (Bill Weiss) Subject: Are consumers being misled by "phishing"? neil davis(rg.viza@...il.com)@Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 12:31:11PM -0400: > 419's are distinguishable from phish's in that nearly every 419 offers > you something for nothing beyond supplying a complete stranger with your > bank account info. This is easily picked out as a scam by anyone with a > modicum of common sense. A person with a double digit IQ or who is > exceptionally challenged with a serious lack of common sense might go > for it. Maybe people that are new to this would lump them with phishing, > but a 419 is definitely different in the ways outlined above. So, half of the population might go for it? Sounds like 419 is a profitable business! In case others didn't catch it, IQ is _defined_ as a normal distribution with the mid-point at 100. Thus, half of the population has a double-digit IQ. The criteria for a 100 IQ is recalculated every once in a while to maintain the balance. -- Bill Weiss
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