You need to be full-on prepared because the internet is proof that the world is a dog-eat-dog place.
Hardly. The 'internets' is cyberspace where everyone is anonymous and therefore unaccountable. If you want to eat my dog, you have to find me first.
And, yes, I have dated that tale: the scam occurred in a time when banks knew their customers and went to such lengths. But that is another thread...
Huck, I am 23, and last year my bank called me to confirm whether I wanted a check to go through. Some good things still live on.
You need to be full-on prepared because the internet is proof that the world is a dog-eat-dog place.
Hardly. The 'internets' is cyberspace where everyone is anonymous and therefore unaccountable. If you want to eat my dog, you have to find me first.
One who takes no preparation is one who already has a PC that is part of the botnet, and one doesn't even know it. Keyloggers. And then your credit cards, bank accounts and other accounts are all drained. $10 pyramid schemes are small potatoes.