Retrophisch

Here's another online scam that I found rather amusing....

But on a more serious note, who should take the responsibility for phishing? Why is it that businesses aren't doing a thing about trying to prevent or decrease the amount of phishers that impersonate their companies in phishing attempts? I mean, it is their company's reputation on the line...

Phishing responsibility, much like that of your run-of-the-mill scummers, er, spammers, lies with the individuals doing the phishing. The unfortunate side effect is that those who operate mail servers, as well as those businesses whose services are being targeted by the phishers, spend an inordinate amount of time fighting against a virtual tidal wave of spam/phish email. Phishing and spamming are, for me, further proof the argument "Man is inherently good" is a load of baloney. But that's another discussion altogether. ;-)

For the record, every time I typed "phish", including that one, I either typed the "c" or noticed my finger coming down on the key to type it. I'm just so used to typing "phisch" in relation to my blog or emails. They anger me, those who have besmirched my good name.