That's Either Lazy or Stupid
Jul. 22nd, 2011 07:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So we're all used to getting those emails from people purporting to be our bank (or some other bank that we might be a member of) telling us that we need to confirm our online account IDs, or install their security software. It's the laziest type of phishing scam, but I can see how some people might, conceivably, still fall for it. After all, we're used to getting random mail from our banks that doesn't make a great deal of sense.
Today I received an email from a new bank: the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States of America.
I don't know what's more depressing, the idea that someone actually thought that people would believe that they had an account at the Federal Reserve, or the fact that it implies that some people, somewhere, are foolish enough to actually believe that they have a Fed account. Either way I'm not starting this morning too optimistic about humanity.
Today I received an email from a new bank: the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States of America.
I don't know what's more depressing, the idea that someone actually thought that people would believe that they had an account at the Federal Reserve, or the fact that it implies that some people, somewhere, are foolish enough to actually believe that they have a Fed account. Either way I'm not starting this morning too optimistic about humanity.
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Date: 2011-07-22 01:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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