Comments on: Gone Phishin’ http://blog.youthprivacy.ca/index.php/2009/11/05/gone-phishin/ A blog for young people about protecting their online privacy, and their offline privacy Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:18:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kerrie Kelso http://blog.youthprivacy.ca/index.php/2009/11/05/gone-phishin/comment-page-1/#comment-31874 Kerrie Kelso Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:05:49 +0000 http://blog.youthprivacy.ca/?p=159#comment-31874 I think this would be a good thing for new computer users to ready before they get online. I know a guy who lives locally to us who received a "job offer" to send money overseas as a job. Basically, they were using him to receive money from local accounts that had been phished and he actually sent to lots of money until his account got frozen by the bank and the local police got involved. The minds behind these scams seem to possess incredible creativity. Sadly, these scams work too often and many innocent people end up loose much time and money in the process. Cheers, Kerrie Kelso I think this would be a good thing for new computer users to ready before they get online. I know a guy who lives locally to us who received a “job offer” to send money overseas as a job. Basically, they were using him to receive money from local accounts that had been phished and he actually sent to lots of money until his account got frozen by the bank and the local police got involved.

The minds behind these scams seem to possess incredible creativity. Sadly, these scams work too often and many innocent people end up loose much time and money in the process.

Cheers,
Kerrie Kelso

]]> By: Not a Phisherman http://blog.youthprivacy.ca/index.php/2009/11/05/gone-phishin/comment-page-1/#comment-4649 Not a Phisherman Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:40:25 +0000 http://blog.youthprivacy.ca/?p=159#comment-4649 You make excellent points here. I receive 3 or 4 "phishy" bank related e-mails everyday. I ignore all of them. You are right - if my bank or credit card company wants to contact me, it WON'T be via e-mail. You make excellent points here. I receive 3 or 4 “phishy” bank related e-mails everyday. I ignore all of them. You are right – if my bank or credit card company wants to contact me, it WON’T be via e-mail.

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