On 10-2-2015 10:52, Stephen wrote:
> On 10/02/2015 08:26, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> On 9-2-2015 22:38, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:09:25 +0000, Doctor John wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 09/02/15 15:21, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>>> On 9-2-2015 16:15, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>>>> I find the most hilarious the fact that a phishing mail warns for
>>>>>> phishing of its own phishing. If on purpose, then those guys have a
>>>>>> (particular) sense of humour, if not, they are plain stupid. :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>> ....with a special note to Clipka's explanation as a third option ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I seem to remember reading, possibly here, that misspelt or
>>>> syntactically incorrect phishing emails do indeed have a higher success
>>>> rate than those with flawless $INSERT_LANGUAGE_OF_CHOICE. There was a
>>>> link to an academic paper but right now I can't find it.
>>>
>>> Yeah, the supposed purpose of the poor grammar/spelling is to weed out
>>> people who aren't going to fall for it anyways.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>> I am impressed. There is /real/ psychology put into phishing... :-)
>>
>
> Easier than working for a living.
>
There is much wisdom in that...

-- 
Thomas

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