Peeved About Phishing

One of my peeves is phishing scams. The last one I got was an email that appeared to be from PayPal telling me they received a payment I made in the amount of $298.85 for a Sony Ericsson W800i Camera made payable to a Larry Stark in Fresno, CA. I had to use their link to log onto my account if I wanted to dispute the charges.

What really got me about this one is that it appeared like an invoice - like the money was already taken out of my PayPal account. Luckily, I knew better - but there are so many folks who don't. Just for kicks, I clicked their link and logged on with the password "YouAreStupid".

I know it didn't do anything to them. . . it just made me feel better. :)