On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:23:28 +0100 Martin Gregorie wrote: > On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 14:25 +0100, RW wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:20:13 -0300 > > xTrade Assessory wrote: > > > > > > > no serious bank, as any other serious company, would ever send out > > > emails asking for user details > > > > > > the user who believes that, is or incredible ingenious or > > > incredible stupid, so: happy clicking > > > > I don't think it's all that stupid given that many banks and other > > companies do more or less the same thing when they phone their > > customers. > > > That merely shows that stupidity is extremely widespread: other > outfits being lax about security doesn't give the banks a free pass.
I meant that it's understandable that people fall for phishing when banks set a bad example by phoning customers and requiring the customer to provide personal information to establish his or her identity.
