Posted by Adrienne Boswell on 07/06/07 17:29

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Neredbojias
<neredbojias@gmail.com> writing in
news:Xns99645C322EE85nanopandaneredbojias@198.186.190.161:

> Speaking of spam, every so often I get a "Bank of America" alert that
> my account has been temporarily suspended and I need to do this and
> this and that to reinstate it. Naturally, the remedy includes
> submitting sensitive info for proof of ownership, whatever. There's
> even an ersatz Bank of America url to reply to.
>
> You'd think they'd go after these assholes. That's out-and-out fraud
> for which a 10-year jail sentence is certainly not
> out-of-the-question. The beauty of it is that the spammers are
> actually pretty dumb; they obviously don't (or can't) screen for who
> utilizes what bank.
>

When I have nothing to do, and I'm in a particularly bad mood, I click on
those and fill out the form, with obviously bad information like
"youareanidiot@youareathief.com". Sometimes, I have fun with phone
spammers, too - they're actually more fun because you can lead them down
the garden path, then swoop down and get 'em good.

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