| Author | Message | ||
     Blake |
Take this five question quiz to find out if you are able to detect phishing. | ||
| Jayvee |
apparently so: 5 correct Thanks for taking the Challenge. I've seen some pretty good ones lately too. | ||
| Barker |
aced it. | ||
| Court |
I continue getting really official looking correspondence from banks I've never done business with . . . . LIFELOCK. | ||
| Spike |
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| Stevedplumber |
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| Midknyte |
Question 1 is botched from the get-go "Phishing is a form of fraud designed specifically to steal your identity." No - phishing is duping you out of anything the perp might want to learn from you - not just your identity. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
lazy keyboard slacker dweebs, what ever happened to good old dumpster diving ? | ||
| Wardan123 |
Why did the quiz ask me for: 1. my name 2. my ssn 3. my bank account # 4. my pin # 5. days paychecks will be deposited? I got a 5/5 for correct answers and graphic different from those above (see below) but I feel this information is somewhat personal and maybe I should not share it...  (just kidding) | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
Yep! aced it. | ||
| Reepicheep |
Ditto Midknyte. I can do all sorts of awful things with phishing that has nothing to do with identity theft... | ||
| Thumper74 |
It's common on Myspace, you get redirected to a website that mirrors Myspace but the URL is www.MyiSpace.com and you put your password in... I haven't fallen for it. I have gotten some from a fake Paypal mirror site as well, oddly it was right after someone did a Buy It Now on my old CB750K and offered to send me a check for four times what I wanted, but I was to keep, $1000 for the bike, $1000 for the trouble, and wire $2000 to the shipper... I told the 'buyer' and replied to the Phishing e-mail suggesting that they go copulate with themselves. Furiously. | ||
| Etennuly |
Reep/Midk ditto/ditto. | ||
| Djkaplan |
Yeah... I took the test. But now I feel compelled to get a PayPal account. Hey... | ||
| New12r |
I am the champion, I am the champion(in my best Queen impression). | ||
| Ratyson |
hmmm... Maybe Blake is really phishing US!!!! | ||
| Reepicheep |
Papal will ship you a Verisign VIP Security Hard Token for $10 or something. It's a keychain dongle that kicks out a new number every minute or so. To log onto your paypal account, you have to show the number that the token currently shows. So even if someone were to steal your ID and Password somehow (keyboard logger, whatever) they still can't get into your account. Even if they get your key fob value... it can't be used anymore 60 seconds after you log in. I highly recommend it. That VIP service is a federated service, so in theory you can use that one single token with other companies as well (if they adopt it, and everyone allows sharing... which would be perfectly secure for everyone but would be hard to get past your companies cowardly lawyers)... | ||
| Rocketman |
No - phishing is duping you out of anything the perp might want to learn from you - not just your identity. Agreed Which is why I answered the first question wrong. 4 out of 5, but question 1 is floored! Rocket | ||
| Igneroid |
I aced this PAYPAL test and I think they(Paypal) are trying their best to do the right thing but I would avoid a Paypal account like a drunk uncle in the mall. One of the hardest things I ever did was close my paypal account....and when I buy somthing online, they still slam me. They want too much for their servies in my opinion and being the biggest, are a major target for scammers. Use your credit card on a secure site and avoid the crap IMHO. |
