News - Facebook phisher reeled in

[HEXUS]

A facebook spammer has been fined a whopping $711 million in damages after a phishing scheme which compromised tens of thousands of users.

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[OilSheikh]

So, how did he scam people? Send people fake e-mails asking them to login to Facebook?

[Flash477]

Originally Posted by OilSheikh

So, how did he scam people? Send people fake e-mails asking them to login to Facebook?

Yes, that is how phising emails work - give them a link to a clone of the login page and collect their details.

[Perfectionist]

The amount of spam I get from companies telling me to be aware of phishing and "protect against" (e.g. HAVE SOME COMMON SENSE) is more than I get from actual phishing. It makes me just want to say let darwin deal with the imbeciles.

[matty-hodgson]

Facbook spam merchant, Sanford "Spamford" Wallace, has been ordered by a U.S. District Judge to cough up a whopping $711 million in damages to the social not-working site, for a phishing scam which is said to have affected tens of thousands of Facebook accounts.

oh haha Hexus, haha.

[Georgy291]

during my freshers week here in uni i ad a 2hr long lecture on this. how to spot a phishing scam

no wonder electronic engeneers these days are ****

[Bhavv]

I very nearly fell for a phising scam.

I had a genuine looking email from my bank saying that my online account was to be deactivated soon due to inactivity, and to log in with my debit card number to prevent it from happening.

I clicked the link right away, and up came a 'This site has reported for Phishing' bright red notice, and I thought oooops.