big brother (Score 1)

You bet extortion is alive and well. The meatheads who keep saying "how could anyone fall for this" are the same meatheads who fear the government is after them wrongly and watching every step they take. Let me be the first to let you know that I can't believe you fell for all the big brother syndrome bullshit. People are stupid, the stupid ones get caught most times, and there is so much fraud going on that it has got to make you sad - but I am sure you have never been swindled, you have mad wizard like puter skilz - but your mom doesn't, neither does your uncle and your sister. When the bad guys figure out a way to scam someone, and it works - it gets worse. It is very similar to supply and demand - you supply your dumbass sister's bank account and they demand the money. In the spirit of this particular thread, image is everything, why would I be associated with or continue doing business with someone who is fucked up and sending out child porn? The fact that I get spam from any company is good enough reason to stop business with them. On the technical side, it is not going to get fixed because the corporate world does not see a way to make a buck on it.