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Originally posted by Bell
I had heard that by even opening the eMails that provided the
sender with access to your hd and the ability to scoure your
system for passwords and data keyword related...
but I don't have a clue where I heard that - but it was months
ago...
and I wouldn't recommend filling out any of the forms with
fake info - although you might be tempted to do so...
(I am not a lawyer and what I am about to say is merely
my free speech rights - opinion) but - to fill out banking
forms with fake information and transmit via the internet
or postal mail is fraud... and not worth the hassel for whatever
temporary moment of pleasure you'd derive from DOING
that in efforts to "hurt" them...
besides - do you really have TIME to waste - on them ??
~Bell
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It's possible that some might try to access your info just by opening the email but I haven't seen any yet. The e-mail program I use lets me disable HTML in the preview pane and treats it as an attachment. I generally pull off the attachment and view it in a text editor for malicious stuff before going to their form page.
As for filling out their forms.... if they were truely banking forms and not just some phishing expedition they put together then I would worry but since they are not real banking forms it isn't even an issue.
No, I don't have time to waste, but consider if everyone that received one took the time to fill them out with junk, how valuable would their results be. They would spend more MUCH more time weeding through the crap than the individuals who filled them out. Besides, it's my little way of screwing with them and it puts a little smile on my face to think some scammer is cursing at me for his wasted time
