Olde Hornet
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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/9-internet-scams-still-falling-2018-190146104.html
It just never ends. No matter how much publicity these scams get, no matter how many years old the internet is, people still hand over their money to scammers.
falling for a phishing scam." data-reactid="33">It doesn’t matter how powerful or educated you are, either. Just ask Hillary Clinton campaign manager John Podesta, who exposed the campaign’s email stash by falling for a phishing scam.
Most internet scams are fundamentally the same. They prey on one of two human weaknesses:
It just never ends. No matter how much publicity these scams get, no matter how many years old the internet is, people still hand over their money to scammers.
falling for a phishing scam." data-reactid="33">It doesn’t matter how powerful or educated you are, either. Just ask Hillary Clinton campaign manager John Podesta, who exposed the campaign’s email stash by falling for a phishing scam.
Most internet scams are fundamentally the same. They prey on one of two human weaknesses:
- Greed. Someone offers you something you want for nothing. It’s usually money, but it might also be male sexual prowess, weight loss, or a cure—for baldness, herpes, cancer, cellulite, heart disease, diabetes, or deafness.
- Fear. They email you about a problem with your computer, with your bank account, with your Apple (AAPL) or Amazon (AMZN) account. You click a link, you wind up on a fake login webpage, and boom — you’ve just handed over your password.