Why Cybercrime Is Such Easy Money
by Rick Ackerman
RickAckerman.com
Web-based crime is spinning out-of-control, presumably because it’s so hard to get caught and because there’s an unlimited supply of rubes who are easy to find. Here’s a test to determine whether you may be a rube yourself. Would you follow the instruction if this message popped up on your cell phone: “Click here to claim your $1000 gift coupon”? That’s what we thought. Of course you wouldn’t. Only a retiree with a brand-new smart phone would be that stupid. But suppose the sender had identified itself as Best Buy, and that you’d made a purchase at a Best Buy store just 15 minutes earlier? This is where the gullible and the feeble-minded get culled from the pack. A quick thank-you note from a store where you’ve just made a purchase (and which has stored your phone number) hardly seems implausible, right? But how about the $1000 prize? Perhaps it’s because we’ve never personally hit the lottery for more than $6, but we took one look at the message and decided the outcome would be no different if, instead of following the link, we were to mail our wallet, credit cards, house keys and Social Security number to some Russian hacker.
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2012-08-22 23:24:47
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