“If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.”
-- Ulysses S. Grant
That I iz safe cause I iz kewl bekause I iz uzing a mac...
Can i tell you a little story..
I have used IRC for like 12 years, not much anymore but i was way into it when i was young.
Anyways once i setup IRC on a mac.. and within 10 mins i got hacked.
I was lucky the person only put some folders on the desktop saying you got hacked, i was on a work pc and would have gotten in shit if they fucked shit up.
12 years using IRC and i never got hacked.
But then 10 minutes on a fuckin mac?!
They are only more secure becuase no one writes viruses for them, becuase 99% of the world use PC's
Like today for example, I (again) had several dozen spams in my inbox, quite a few saying I have "Facebook contacts pending", all containing the link "Click here to see your new friend requests"
Email looks legit enough, as if it's from Facebook, but of course being the the savvy web veteran that I am I always mouse over the links and look at the actual destination before even thinking about considering to maybe click them or not, and sure enough... .ru sites, every one of them.
My first thought? Sorry to my Russian friends and contactrs who are legit, but my first thought is pretty much this:
"< roll eyes > < laugh > Gad damn Russian scamming fuckers! How can they think this is going to fool anyone except for morons. Do people really buy anything from their so-called pharmacy after being Facebook-duped into clicking their shitty worthless link?"
Then I start to imagine the sheer number of air-headed sheep out there who click on anything put in front of them and I have my answer... which is yes, a large number of people absolutely do click and provide their CC #'s. I feel little to no pity for such people, but it's still quite pathetic so I feel sad.
to be honest, any spam from any TLD has the same type of reactions that you quoted in your post.
Actually I'd be willing to bet money that .com links in spam emails get clicked on far more than .ru links, at least among the N American and UK populations.
only a fool would click on one of those links from their email addresses...
on a pleasant note, i just found out that I am royalty and am about to inherit 1 000 000 euros from one of my heirs in Nigeria... all that is left is for me to pay the legal fees!
Actually I'd be willing to bet money that .com links in spam emails get clicked on far more than .ru links, at least among the N American and UK populations.
I usually copy and paste all links from email for privacy and security reasons. I also use Linux (AND I generally know what I am doing) so chances are the link isn't going to do shit to me.
Last edited by signupdamnit; 12-06-2010, 12:34 PM.
You don't like my posts? Put me on ignore or fuck right off. I'll say what I want.
I have used IRC for like 12 years, not much anymore but i was way into it when i was young.
Anyways once i setup IRC on a mac.. and within 10 mins i got hacked.
I was lucky the person only put some folders on the desktop saying you got hacked, i was on a work pc and would have gotten in shit if they fucked shit up.
12 years using IRC and i never got hacked.
But then 10 minutes on a fuckin mac?!
They are only more secure becuase no one writes viruses for them, becuase 99% of the world use PC's
In before Mac fanboy proclaims that to be IRCs fault.
Want to crush it in mainstream with Facebook ads? Hit me up.
They are only more secure becuase no one writes viruses for them, becuase 99% of the world use PC's
Totally agree with you. But at the moment, its a refreshing change after years of using a PC that I no longer need to worry about clicking links. Thats all
Anyone who is doing international business with North Americans from Europe or especially Russia who is legit will surely be using a domain email return address or gmail or similar familiar email service suffix, not .ru if they are smart. Just too many spams & scams with country specific domain suffixes.
Anyone who is doing international business with North Americans from Europe or especially Russia who is legit will surely be using a domain email return address or gmail or similar familiar email service suffix, not .ru if they are smart. Just too many spams & scams with country specific domain suffixes.
Except for .ca (Canada). I've also never had or seen a problem like this going on with .us, and very few .co.uk links give me cause for concern either.
.ru is in a class by itself for scamming and spamming.
“If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.”
-- Ulysses S. Grant
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