Evil Facebook pondering
So, the "Add a Dislike button" turned out to be a scam. Surprise, surprise, but it got a lot of people. Obviously there are a lot of people, who might otherwise be careful, who were willing to take the risk of being phished or infected in case it was true. (The link in question eventually connected folks to an existing Firefox add-on that *does* give you a dislike button. But it's not part *of* Facebook.)
What *other* sorts of things could you use to get people to click your phishing link? I mean, sure, you could promise porn, but people are sorta expecting that. Similarly, funny animal pictures probably won't cut it either.
Here's a few that popped into my head:
1) Cheat at Spider Solitaire. New add-on lets you take back as many moves as you like, and lets you see hidden cards.
2) Newly released $ACTOR/SINGER rehearsal tapes. (I would go with Michael Jackson here, actually.)
3) Outtakes from $MOVIE. Choose a current movie, maybe add "Long lost" to that, and use something like "Gone With the Wind".
4) Bootleg performce - $MUSICIAN in concert. This could work well with artists that don't tour very much. If I were a target demographic kinda guy, I would use Tom Waits here.
What would tempt you? Or what do you think would tempt others? (And remember - this isn't about wording, but about content.)
What *other* sorts of things could you use to get people to click your phishing link? I mean, sure, you could promise porn, but people are sorta expecting that. Similarly, funny animal pictures probably won't cut it either.
Here's a few that popped into my head:
1) Cheat at Spider Solitaire. New add-on lets you take back as many moves as you like, and lets you see hidden cards.
2) Newly released $ACTOR/SINGER rehearsal tapes. (I would go with Michael Jackson here, actually.)
3) Outtakes from $MOVIE. Choose a current movie, maybe add "Long lost" to that, and use something like "Gone With the Wind".
4) Bootleg performce - $MUSICIAN in concert. This could work well with artists that don't tour very much. If I were a target demographic kinda guy, I would use Tom Waits here.
What would tempt you? Or what do you think would tempt others? (And remember - this isn't about wording, but about content.)