This post was originally going to be entitled "Random swear words that Sarakastic made up today", but I refrained. I thought I was safe from phishing & internet scams. I'm very careful with my password & I never go through links in e-mail.
However, I missed one vital part of phishing, I didn't tell my parents & friends to watch out for it. I just assumed that it was common knowledge. I've had at least one friend who had her bank account emptied after answering an e-mail from a fake Paypal site. My entire day has been spent answering the phone because my dad got an e-mail from fake yahoo last night trying to verify his password. Everyone in his address book was sent an email saying he was stuck in Canada & needed money to get home. Even if you know about phishing make sure that the less internet savvy people around you know as well. Oh & my favorite made up swear word is probably shniglefritz.
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