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

[Miss Betsy]

"Blammo" <ric.gates at bigsleep.org> wrote in message
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> On 04 Feb 2005 Miss Betsy entered spamcop.help and left
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> > 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.

As you say, maybe they don't actually use the info directly so that
when the bank sends the info, nothing happens.  Or maybe the bank
doesn't want to lose a big enough sum to tempt them.  Obviously,
they have figured out how to avoid being nailed while getting
enough gullible people to bite to make it worthwhile.  And
sometimes I wonder if some of them aren't just a game - some hacker
kid who just keeps count on how many filters he avoids and how
bites he gets as well as the wannaberich who don't know how to use
the software they bought so all their spam gets deleted one way or
another and nobody bites so there is no way to stop them until they
get discouraged.

Miss Betsy