Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Thursday 2006-10-05 at 16:27 -0400, ken wrote:
A few times I've forwarded the email to the bank, to their "abuse" userid, e.g., abuse@target-bank.com and have gotten some "thank you" replies from them.
Fortunate you.
Banks here say they are interested, but do not provide an email address. Some mention a telephone number, or tell you to inform the nearest branch. Sorry, no email, no report from me.
There was an organization here that collected phising attempts, studied them a bit and forwarded them to the proper channels. But it seems they have stopped caring. A few times my report bounced, because their antivirus rejected it. Can you imagine an email set up to collect malware rejecting malware? I had to archive it as a zip with password, a real bore. Finally, I stopped reporting: if they stopped caring, why should I?
Sorry to hear about those. I'd feel and do the same as you. If you're trying to help someone and they ask you to jump through hoops to do it, then I'd assume they believe they don't really need your help. Some people take unsolicited help as threatening, as if they aren't already perfect and capable of handling everything. So just let them live their lives and you live yours. There's other fields to run in. -- In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes an act of rebellion. --George Orwell