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[SC-Help] Re: phishing emails...

Blammo ric.gates at bigsleep.org
Sat Feb 5 03:01:01 EST 2005


On 04 Feb 2005 Miss Betsy entered spamcop.help and left 
news:ctvr2t$u2g$1 at news.spamcop.net:

> Part of it may be that in order to prosecute, there has to be
> someone who actually lost money (though I don't know why they can't
> do a sting?) and another part may be that they rise up as fast as
> they catch them.  I mean that they arrest drunken drivers all the
> time, but there are still drunken drivers to arrest.
> 

Another thing I thought of is that they may be using this info for 
something else. However it seems a simple matter for the bank to use these 
eMails to trap the scammers. Certainly the eMail itself is evidence of 
intent, they could send the scammers information they can track.

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| Ric
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