Friday, August 10, 2007

Culture of Fear

Sheesh!

Well apparently scammers have learned the utility of using fear as a motivator to giving up personal information, either via email or the phone.

I recently received an email warning of the latest instances of scams, which are essentially online extortion rackets. Basically these are SPAM messages which appear to come from a hit man who has been hired to give you a dirt nap. And give explicit instructions on how you can buy them off.

Other versions are derived from this approach and come from a spoofed FBI investigator who needs to verify your information for "security" purposes.

You can read all about it on the FBI website.

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