Comments on: Billions of Dollars Lost to Email Scams http://cybernetnews.com/billions-of-dollars-lost-to-email-scams/ Technology News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:30:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/billions-of-dollars-lost-to-email-scams/comment-page-1/#comment-113050 Ryan Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:45:49 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/08/07/billions-of-dollars-lost-to-email-scams/#comment-113050 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-112995" rel="nofollow">netster007x wrote:</a><blockquote>This may sound funny but could someone post some web forgery links for testing purposes?</blockquote></div> You could pick one from Google's list (not the prettiest to read, but has plenty of links): http://sb.google.com/safebrowsing/update?version=goog-black-url:1:-1 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-112996" rel="nofollow">Alex Killby wrote:</a><blockquote>Maybe the United States government should just stop sitting in their lazyboys, and make a law that does something about it. Kinda reminds me of the law in Canada right now prohibiting telemarketers. But wait, charities, organizations you’ve had previous contact with, and pollsters can still contact you - pretty much encompasses every telemarketer i’ve ever got a call from!</blockquote></div> I don't know what the US government can really do about it though since most of the scams are occuring outside of the United States. netster007x wrote:
This may sound funny but could someone post some web forgery links for testing purposes?

You could pick one from Google’s list (not the prettiest to read, but has plenty of links): [sb.google.com]

Alex Killby wrote:
Maybe the United States government should just stop sitting in their lazyboys, and make a law that does something about it. Kinda reminds me of the law in Canada right now prohibiting telemarketers. But wait, charities, organizations you’ve had previous contact with, and pollsters can still contact you – pretty much encompasses every telemarketer i’ve ever got a call from!

I don’t know what the US government can really do about it though since most of the scams are occuring outside of the United States.

]]> By: The Slasher http://cybernetnews.com/billions-of-dollars-lost-to-email-scams/comment-page-1/#comment-113008 The Slasher Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:26:20 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/08/07/billions-of-dollars-lost-to-email-scams/#comment-113008 If you wise up, you don't get scammed. Simple. If you wise up, you don’t get scammed. Simple.

]]> By: Alex Killby http://cybernetnews.com/billions-of-dollars-lost-to-email-scams/comment-page-1/#comment-112996 Alex Killby Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:07:46 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/08/07/billions-of-dollars-lost-to-email-scams/#comment-112996 Maybe the United States government should just stop sitting in their lazyboys, and make a law that does something about it. Kinda reminds me of the law in Canada right now prohibiting telemarketers. But wait, charities, organizations you've had previous contact with, and pollsters can still contact you - pretty much encompasses every telemarketer i've ever got a call from! Maybe the United States government should just stop sitting in their lazyboys, and make a law that does something about it. Kinda reminds me of the law in Canada right now prohibiting telemarketers. But wait, charities, organizations you’ve had previous contact with, and pollsters can still contact you – pretty much encompasses every telemarketer i’ve ever got a call from!

]]> By: netster007x http://cybernetnews.com/billions-of-dollars-lost-to-email-scams/comment-page-1/#comment-112995 netster007x Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:13:49 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/08/07/billions-of-dollars-lost-to-email-scams/#comment-112995 This may sound funny but could someone post some web forgery links for testing purposes? This may sound funny but could someone post some web forgery links for testing purposes?

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