Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Joerg Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Phishing Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 14:50:14 -0700 Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net MM/+0MAZPBsZePSfXCee8QsvR+1kSbM5w2xzNv58guMF32hG7O Cancel-Lock: sha1:7NupyCFqe4+Qjt6QR22sLnTGyQw= sha256:DHOw/QkGeqnjM/4JSsJE2nU6pgPtp3T4vtZT8n/EOKw= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.8.1 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2368 On 9/9/24 2:41 PM, Don Y wrote: > On 9/9/2024 1:58 PM, Joerg wrote: >>> Too late to prevent his ex-wife from sending $400 to "him"... >>> >>> Maybe she will have learned her lesson? >> >> Mine was a phone call. Heavy Indian accent, "This is the Windows >> company. We would like to help you solve a problem we have detected >> with your Windows"... me "Oh yeah, you are right, there are at least >> nine windows here that really need cleaning. Do you use Windex for that?" > > We don't accept calls from "unknown" callers so don't have that problem. > I don't either but I could not resist to pull that prank. > Regardless, one would *think* that folks could use some common sense; > "How did this guy discover a problem with MY computer and know the > telephone number that would get him in touch with ME?" > > We're really careful about giving out "personal" information, even to > friends, out of fear they will record it in some device that can be > compromised and used as a beachhead to access *us*. > > "My birthdate?  Oh, you MISSED it -- it was a few years ago.  But, > that's OK; I wasn't expecting you to acknowledge it...  Thanks > for the sentiment, though!" > > [I use an assortment of random dates when queried by online services, > 1/1/1980 being a favorite, for obvious reasons] > I never give them anything. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/