I got 60%, apparently I'm too critical
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I got 60%, apparently I'm too critical
Since I don't have accounts with any of the companies used in this test I said they were all phishing. Guess I misunderstood something.
Hell, I don't even answer the snail mail my banks and pension companies send me. I guess that's bad though.
I got 90% but the one I got wrong was really convincing! I always find it funny when I get phishing e-mails for banks or businesses that I don't use.
I got 30% but then again I was almost clicking randomly like Dal.
90%
I guessed the capital one email was a frauid because of the link displayed at the bottom of the window.
Its kind of an unfair test though. Half the test is to see where various links redirect you.
Got 50% cuz I clicked all of them fraud. Honestly, if I ever get an email like that I either delete on sight or in rare cases go to the company website to check. BTW, I would never ever log in at any important account by clicking on a link in an email. Hell, even when I want to log in at my bank account I always reboot to linux and log in from there! :star
No kidding. Every single one of those emails looked risky at best. The fact that the entire "quiz" hinged on looking at where the link goes is pretty weak. People need to learn better skills than that.Quote:
Originally posted by ejda
Got 50% cuz I clicked all of them fraud. Honestly, if I ever get an email like that I either delete on sight or in rare cases go to the company website to check. BTW, I would never ever log in at any important account by clicking on a link in an email. Hell, even when I want to log in at my bank account I always reboot to linux and log in from there! :star
I got a phishing spam for Capital One. My biggest tipoff that it was questionable was that I am not a Capital One customer.
http://www.ellenia.com/minahd/capital_one_phishing.png
What's most annoying about this was that, in an altruistic mood, I called Capital One to let them know and additionally to find out if I could email it to them will full headers so they could check it out. I felt this would be welcome on their part due to their very heavy advertising as to identify theft prevention, etc.
I was told to notify my ISP so I wouldn't receive it anymore, and if I *REALLY* insisted on giving them info, I could print out a copy and snail mail it to them. *blank*
Anyway, no, I'm not going to snail mail it to them if they don't even want to pretend to care.
What would put me off in that is the language. No company I know about would say "deactivated and deleted" ... infact they'd NEVER say deleted! Phishers need to learn better skills!
Wow. That's lame. Typical evidence of how the marketing double speak has nothing to do with how most companies actually do business.Quote:
Originally posted by karahd
I was told to notify my ISP so I wouldn't receive it anymore, and if I *REALLY* insisted on giving them info, I could print out a copy and snail mail it to them. *blank*
Anyway, no, I'm not going to snail mail it to them if they don't even want to pretend to care.
I'm not surprised though. Credit card companies are worse than injury lawyers with billboards these days.