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February 29th 04, 03:13 PM
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In message , Roger Halstead
writes I always wondered is any one ever fell for them. They do, a perfectly sane and reasonable colleague of mine was very pleased that Microsoft had taken the time to email him at work about their new security patch. He opened it. -- Bill |
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February 29th 04, 04:06 PM
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On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 15:13:24 +0000, Bill
wrote: In message , Roger Halstead writes I always wondered is any one ever fell for them. They do, a perfectly sane and reasonable colleague of mine was very pleased that Microsoft had taken the time to email him at work about their new security patch. He opened it. The term for this is "social engineering", a fancy name for conning someone. Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) ------------------------------------------------ at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom |
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February 29th 04, 04:06 PM
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Bill wrote on 29/02/2004 15:13:
In message , Roger Halstead writes I always wondered is any one ever fell for them. They do, a perfectly sane and reasonable colleague of mine was very pleased that Microsoft had taken the time to email him at work about their new security patch. He opened it. That is arguably neither sane nor reasonable. -- Roger Barker, G4IDE - For UI-View go to - http://www.UI-View.com For WinPack go to - http://www.peaksys.co.uk |
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February 29th 04, 04:41 PM
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Roger wrote:
Bill wrote on 29/02/2004 15:13: In message , Roger Halstead writes I always wondered is any one ever fell for them. They do, a perfectly sane and reasonable colleague of mine was very pleased that Microsoft had taken the time to email him at work about their new security patch. He opened it. That is arguably neither sane nor reasonable. I know a lady who fell for that one TWICE and then got insulted when someone questioned her intelligence by having to explain all for a second time less than a month later. -Bill M |
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February 29th 04, 04:41 PM
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Roger wrote:
Bill wrote on 29/02/2004 15:13: In message , Roger Halstead writes I always wondered is any one ever fell for them. They do, a perfectly sane and reasonable colleague of mine was very pleased that Microsoft had taken the time to email him at work about their new security patch. He opened it. That is arguably neither sane nor reasonable. I know a lady who fell for that one TWICE and then got insulted when someone questioned her intelligence by having to explain all for a second time less than a month later. -Bill M |
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February 29th 04, 04:06 PM
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On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 15:13:24 +0000, Bill
wrote: In message , Roger Halstead writes I always wondered is any one ever fell for them. They do, a perfectly sane and reasonable colleague of mine was very pleased that Microsoft had taken the time to email him at work about their new security patch. He opened it. The term for this is "social engineering", a fancy name for conning someone. Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) ------------------------------------------------ at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom |
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February 29th 04, 04:06 PM
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Bill wrote on 29/02/2004 15:13:
In message , Roger Halstead writes I always wondered is any one ever fell for them. They do, a perfectly sane and reasonable colleague of mine was very pleased that Microsoft had taken the time to email him at work about their new security patch. He opened it. That is arguably neither sane nor reasonable. -- Roger Barker, G4IDE - For UI-View go to - http://www.UI-View.com For WinPack go to - http://www.peaksys.co.uk |
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