View Full Version : How vulnerable are you to fraud?
SirFozzie
07-28-2004, 04:14 PM
(yes, got this off /.)
Interesting test: Which are legitimate emails, and which are "phishing frauds" (http://survey.mailfrontier.com/survey/quiztest.cgi?themailfrontierphishingiqtest)
I got 10 of 10, but that may be because I've seen literally thousands of them :D
albionmoonlight
07-28-2004, 04:22 PM
9 out of 10.
Celeval
07-28-2004, 05:01 PM
(yes, got this off /.)
...which explains why it's down now...
9/10, but for the most part, I thought the fraud ones were better than the crap ones I've seen.
Senator
07-28-2004, 05:41 PM
I am not vulnerable to fraud. After I took the test and gave them my credit card info, they said I was at no risk whatsoever.
10/10, Kerry wouldn't get more tha 5
duckman
07-28-2004, 06:11 PM
8/10
Leonidas
07-28-2004, 08:54 PM
Got 7/10, but I answered fraud to all of them because I have no reason to accept mail from any. So personally I think I scored a 10.
DolphinFan1
07-28-2004, 09:07 PM
I got 9/10, Ironically the one I didn't trust and got wrong was Microsoft. Go figure.
JeeberD
07-28-2004, 09:30 PM
8/10
ScottVib
07-28-2004, 09:50 PM
10/10
clintl
07-28-2004, 10:11 PM
9/10
Daimyo
07-28-2004, 10:55 PM
I got 9 out of 10 but the one I missed was erring on the side of caution. i think in general never give personal info after following a link from an email. Open the site manually instead and see what's up...
Mr. Wednesday
07-29-2004, 01:10 AM
10/10... the three legit messages did not provide a link that you were supposed to access to "update" your information.
tucker342
07-29-2004, 01:27 AM
8/10. Those fraud emails were thousands of times better than the ones I've seen.
sabotai
07-29-2004, 01:56 AM
I don't need to take this test, legit or not I don't answer e-mail ads. BEAT THAT! :D
Marc Vaughan
07-29-2004, 06:02 AM
7-10 by using my normal process of ignoring any such emails requesting I click this or that, if a bank or ebay etc. want me to do something they can tell me when I login to their sites ...
Mr. Wednesday
07-29-2004, 01:27 PM
The three legit emails did not ask you to click this or that, which was the dead giveaway that they were legit. :p
SplitPersonality1
07-29-2004, 04:22 PM
9/10 and I could have gone either way on the 10th. IRL, I would have erred on the side of caution, closed the e-mail and opened up the webpage in question to see if something was really going on.
Why in the world anyone would changed personal information from a link within an e-mail in this day and age is beyond me.
As a general rule; close out the e-mail and go directly to the site in question.
gstelmack
07-29-2004, 05:18 PM
10-of-10, although I waffled on one.
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