full-disclosure - Are consumers being misled by "phishing"?

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Message-ID: <20060629205526.GB9252@clanspum.net>
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