Re: [OT]I just got a phish call!!!
* John Hasler <jhasler@debian.org> [2008 Dec 20 08:07 -0600]:
> Those calls were not automated. They were just ordinary con men working
> over the phone. Each call used up the con man's time so it had to be
> carefully targetted so as to be likely to yield substantial money. That
> kept the total volume down. These calls are fully automated and usually
> use cracked PBXs so the cost per call is down there with spams sent from
> bots. Thus we can expected to receive millions of them.
Ewwww.
- Nate >>
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