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Re:Nigerian scammer gets a laptop from me by jlgreco on Monday September 24, 2012 @08:04PM (#4567772)
> The Internet does not have such an obvious dark alley.

http://p3n1zp1llz.48djkhcd.com.shadyurl.info/freemoneyz.exe

;)

Edit: Forgot about this site, but perhaps it could be used as a training tool for family members you feel are not quite as savy as they should be: http://www.shadyurl.com/

Make a page that just says "Grandma, don't click links like that!", convert it to a "shady" url with shadyurl.com, then email it to your grandmother.

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Re:Nigerian scammer gets a laptop from me by DanBC on Monday September 24, 2012 @08:31PM (#4567869)
A nice idea!

But [urls are disguised so easily](http://horribleurl.example.com). The A element has split the real URL from the text description since forever.

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Re:Nigerian scammer gets a laptop from me by jlgreco on Monday September 24, 2012 @08:35PM (#4567883)
Good point. Training family members to look at the status bar first is probably pretty hard, and probably not even effective. At the very least you would have to train them to recognize and avoid url shortening services...
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