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[arib]

Responding to obvious phishing e-mails with bogus information:

good idea, or bad idea?

Comments

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Bad idea. One of the things they're trying to do is confirm that the address they used for you is valid. By responding, you validate the address.

[sethg]

Better idea: put a spam-filter-like plugin on your mail system that will identify phishing emails and fill the relevant Web pages with random information, without your intervention. (Not that I'm volunteering to write such a plugin...)

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

This reminds me of the guy in New Zealand who scammed one of the spammers for money.

[griffen.livejournal.com]

Bad idea. It's like feeding a troll.