Wonder how they found out it was a fraud....it looks awfully convincing.
Well, it's really suspicious. There are very few problems that can simply be solved by having users log in.
Secondly, I think the fraudulent link was doctored to the real LJ page in the news post, to prevent people from accidentally giving the jerk(s) more passwords.
Perhaps it's someone doing it because they can. A sick need to prove themselves to the hacker world.
I mean, LJ doesn't have a lot of damaging effects... they don't collect credit cards themselves, they don't have external access to paypal, they don't do stored emails (per se)... There's not a lot of power to exert, unless it's to post fraudulent blogs?
I had a point here. I think the new point is that I should not have picked up the second beer. Mayhaps I should go to bed.
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Date: 2002-11-07 12:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-11-07 01:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Damage to another's property is a form of exerting control; the impulse drives graffiti as well.
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Date: 2002-11-07 04:01 pm (UTC)Maybe I'm smarter than most; the moment I get one of these messages, I always check status, news, maintenence, and paid members before I act.
Wonder how they found out it was a fraud....it looks awfully convincing.
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Date: 2002-11-07 07:33 pm (UTC)Well, it's really suspicious. There are very few problems that can simply be solved by having users log in.
Secondly, I think the fraudulent link was doctored to the real LJ page in the news post, to prevent people from accidentally giving the jerk(s) more passwords.
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Date: 2002-11-07 06:59 pm (UTC)Am surprised this does not happen with EBay or other services.
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Date: 2002-11-08 01:15 am (UTC)Perhaps it's someone doing it because they can. A sick need to prove themselves to the hacker world.
I mean, LJ doesn't have a lot of damaging effects... they don't collect credit cards themselves, they don't have external access to paypal, they don't do stored emails (per se)... There's not a lot of power to exert, unless it's to post fraudulent blogs?
I had a point here. I think the new point is that I should not have picked up the second beer. Mayhaps I should go to bed.