Top 10 emails you don’t want to read unless you are a greedy, selfish idiot
By Davey Winder in Editorial
Posted in Data Protection, Blog, Spam, Security, Internet on
McAfee Avert Labs has been compiling a list of the most prevalent email phishing scams as we get stuck into 2008, and as a result can reveal the top 10 emails you most certainly don’t want to be receiving. And so, in time honoured reverse order stylee, here are the email subjects to watch out for:
10.
Data confirmation
9.
Information
8.
JP Morgan Chase - Critical Account Information
7.
Your Online Activity Confirmation
6.
All cards (except the temporary cards) from this account are suspended.
5.
Banking
4.
Eilige Information
3.
Sparkasse informiert Sie
2.
Please confirm your data
1.
Amazon.com Inc. Security Center
Funnily enough, I cannot think of a single instance when I would have even bothered to read any of those emails. They would all have been victims of my itchy delete button finger I am glad to say.
Then again, nor would I have fallen for a complete stranger informing me that they have a terminal illness and asking for financial help. Maybe I am an uncaring heartless b’stard, or maybe I just have too much common sense. Some people are obviously too caring and have no sense whatsoever as three men have pleaded guilty to running just such a scam in New York which netted them more than a million bucks!!! Of course, when you read the detail of the scams you realise that the real common factor that the victims suffered from was being greedy, because the terminally ill person actually wanted to distribute 55 million dollars to charity before they died and needed someone to help out, who would get a percentage naturally enough.
Am I truly alone in thinking that these greedy and gullible idiots deserve everything coming to them? Think of it as a kind of digital evolution, culling the stupid and selfish from the Internet gene pool…
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