On 9/20/07, David Goodman wrote:
Without asking for details, how is this
accomplished? I can only see
it if he emails, and one replies, or if he tells you about a web site,
and you click on it.
Yes, it works only if you click on the link. But the links are
disguised to look like something else -- a Wikipedia page, for
example.
Bank swindles do a lot of that too. I have no problem with removing
deceptive links that go somewhere different from where they purport to go.
To some extent people also need to practise a little safety of their
own, as with not accepting all cookies.