Today I’ve been inundated with phishers. A phisher is a particular kind of spammer–not a follower of that college favorite band, Phish, a band that I’m not even sure still tours–one that wants their target to give up all sorts of personal information like credit card numbers and the like.
Today, I keep getting messages from PayPal asking me to reactivate my account.
There’s an obvious problem. The e-mail address I’m receiving these messages on? Not the e-mail address I have on file with PayPal.
That the message itself–and the reasons for needing to reactivate my PayPal account–is completely bogus (and impossible to check for on their end) is beside the point.
So, I keep deleting these messages. As if I had nothing better to do that wonder about spammers. :/
Published by Allyn
A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.
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