http://www.logophile.org/blog/2006/12/14/fine-print-a-scam-a-shame/ blog of a logophile (not "logos", but "λόγος") Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:21:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.logophile.org/blog/2006/12/14/fine-print-a-scam-a-shame/comment-page-1/#comment-5150 tikitu Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:56:24 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=235#comment-5150 <p>A site that plays an audio advertisement for their own services when you open the page, and doesn't have a 'mute' button, doesn't inspire much confidence I'm afraid -- I'll pass.</p> A site that plays an audio advertisement for their own services when you open the page, and doesn’t have a ‘mute’ button, doesn’t inspire much confidence I’m afraid — I’ll pass.

]]> http://www.logophile.org/blog/2006/12/14/fine-print-a-scam-a-shame/comment-page-1/#comment-5151 Anna Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:48:07 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=235#comment-5151 <p>You would be shocked to find whole list of scam & fraud report on http://www.scamclub.com</p> You would be shocked to find whole list of scam & fraud report on http://www.scamclub.com

]]> http://www.logophile.org/blog/2006/12/14/fine-print-a-scam-a-shame/comment-page-1/#comment-5153 tikitu Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:06:09 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=235#comment-5153 <p>It's the "should be" in "a company as sensitive to scams as PayPal should be" that's got me worried. On the <em>bright</em> side, you just gave an argument for it being a phishing attack by someone who is at the <em>same time</em> diabolically clever and painfully stupid. I give it up.</p> It’s the “should be” in “a company as sensitive to scams as PayPal should be” that’s got me worried. On the bright side, you just gave an argument for it being a phishing attack by someone who is at the same time diabolically clever and painfully stupid. I give it up.

]]> http://www.logophile.org/blog/2006/12/14/fine-print-a-scam-a-shame/comment-page-1/#comment-5152 Robin Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:02:58 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=235#comment-5152 <p>Yep, looking at it, my money is on 'stupid' rather than 'phishing'. Surely in a company as sensitive to scams as Paypal should be, they'd do something smart like run all emails through someone who has an idea of how email scams work, to make sure that they don't make things that look like one.</p> Yep, looking at it, my money is on ‘stupid’ rather than ‘phishing’. Surely in a company as sensitive to scams as Paypal should be, they’d do something smart like run all emails through someone who has an idea of how email scams work, to make sure that they don’t make things that look like one.

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