if you do this you are not curing the problem, rather you are making it worse. This will never stop phishers from sending emails and you will tell them that you are an active victim, so they will flood you more! Saeed
Geo. wrote: > I would appreciate hearing a little feedback on this idea. > > It strikes me that phishers and spammers have a vulnerability that we have > not yet exploited. They collect information, granted the returns are small > but since email is cheap they send out tons and those tons net them a > profitable return. > > Why not encourage everyone to reply to phishers and spammers with fake > information? Get a spam, order it using a fake name and credit information. > Get a phishing mail, go login to change your ebay/paypal password with fake > credentials. > > GIGO, you know? I mean if they are getting a 1% or 2% return then if the > same ratio were to respond with bad information it would make a lot of work > for the folks profitting from these activities. > > Geo. > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
