Experiment to detect fraudsters’ activity

[img_assist|nid=8586|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=100|height=70] Latest report suggests that taking the advantage of the credit crunch scammers use financial spam to twist UK internet users and the risk is increasing.

As per the study a large number of fake outfits are functioning on the territory of the UK under the cover of offering pre-approved loans and credit cards.

McAfee, computer security company held an experiment where 50 volunteers from 10 coutries were invited to take part. They were given each a new, unprotected laptop and fresh email address with a credit card allowance of £250 to spend on deals offered in spam emails. Their task was to define the benefits and dangers of spam.
Over 104,000 spam emails were sent to the participants from 10 countries within the period of 30 days averaging thus 2,096 for each participant or about 70 a day.

The conclusion made by the security company shows that spammers were "as active as ever" and were very often using "psychological tricks" to persuade Internet subscribers to expose their contact details as well as sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and bank account details.