[SpamCop-List] Re: [Media] Internet fuels boom in ID theft

[Redstone]

Marjolein Katsma <nobody at spamcop.net> wrote in
news:Xns94AF66034F25homesitehelp at 216.154.195.61: 

> Very nice article this week in NewScients (13 March 200) by Duncan
> Graham-Rowe. Unfortunately not available on-line.
> 
> Soundbite:
>          Phishing is surprisingly effective, fooling about 5 per
>          cent of 
> recipients. "The method gets a reasonably high response rate
> because it plays on the trust theconsumer has of the company's
> brand," says Dan maier of Californian internet security firm
> Tumbleweed. 
> 
> [snip]

Probably the reason why I'm seeing so many hitting spamtrap addresses 
as of late.

Again, there are just some people who should not be on the Internet.