> ...and I suppose the same would apply to social networks. I don't use > either, so am somewhat clueless about what goodies are available if you > can access their accounts. >
I have some free e-mail accounts that I use as throw away accounts. When a site just HAS to have a valid e-mail so you can read the news article or whatever. I might login to the accounts about once a month. > > The one of these I encountered at $DAYJOB was sent to the account > > owner's wife's ex-husband-- not my first choice when asking for emergency > > funds. The email also claimed he was traveling in London-- the guy AFAIK > > hasn't left Texas, let alone the US, in the past few years-- and used a > > number of phrases that a native speaker of American so-called-English > > wouldn't. > > > OK, looks like I hugely overestimated the intelligence of recipients of > such scams and hence the care needed to target an attack. > It's a sad thing, but a lot of people fall for stupid scams every day...
