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Chinese internet users are behind 85 per cent of fake websites, according to a semi-annual report [PDF] from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). Of the 22,679 malicious domain registrations that the group reviewed, over 19,000 were registered to servers based in China. This is in addition to nearly 60,000 websites that …

  1. Ole Juul
    Coat

    double whammy

    As for the phishers' targets: Apple headed the list

    Taking advantage of both the greedy and the vulnerable. That's gotta hurt.

  2. Tromos

    Desirable targets

    The scammers most desirable targets would obviously be those with more money than sense. So why pick on Apple users?

  3. Winkypop Silver badge
    Meh

    Some of us are fortunate

    Many of these scammers attempt English when it is clearly not their first language.

    The self-evident social, spelling and grammatical errors often stand out like beacons.

    1. graeme leggett Silver badge

      Re: Some of us are fortunate

      Why isn't bad spelling, and poor grammar, a spam filter you can use...

      No, wait. I think I've figured out why

      1. Psyx
        Happy

        Re: Some of us are fortunate

        "Why isn't bad spelling - and poor grammar - a spam filter you can use?"

        You were saying?

        1. Captain Scarlet

          Re: Some of us are fortunate

          I have seen countless people with such emails click the links, a quarter of people think something looks wrong but click it anyway.

  4. JCitizen
    Coat

    Unfortunately there are still be...

    enough of the old Apple users who were spoon fed the adage that Apple is invulnerable and nothing can possibly happen to you if you use an Apple device. Oh well!

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