TIP: BlackBerry PIN Security - Specifically here on CrackBerry!
- No, the PIN is associated with the device, but BBM will update your new PIN with your contacts if that is what you are worried about.12-14-09 03:59 AMLike 0
- Never been spammed... knock on wood.
That'd be hilarious if someone spammed everyone who posted in this topic lol.
Btw, that link didn't work for me.08-29-10 09:03 PMLike 0 -
But there is a simple summary in that sarcastic second post. Basically, if you post information on a public forum it is easy for that to get into the hands of the scammers. Using a script to search a forum like this for "pin: " is incredibly simple to do.
They don't use humans to collect the data, it is all done by automatic bots and scripts.
It is the same with email addresses - NEVER publish your personal email address, phone number or street address as they get lifted from forums for spamming. Email addresses are harvested by looking for those tell-tale @ signs and then lifting any text either side.07-25-12 10:19 AMLike 0 - Hehe, this should screw with any pin harvesters:
pin: 389dfg3a
pin: 389dfg3b
pin: 389dfg3c
pin: 389dfg3d
pin: 389dfg3e
pin: 389dfg3f
and so on and so forth07-25-12 10:57 AMLike 0 -
Spammers work on the idea of volume - the more accounts they have the more likely they will get a bite. I do laugh at a specific bit of spam I get to my PC from a company in the US. They spam me every month or so trying to sell me a list of email addresses for me to spam. The comedy is this list is clearly rubbish if I am on it, but the company does not give up. Though it does change its own name at regular intervals...
Spammers don't care - they just harass and harass.07-25-12 11:04 AMLike 0 - The problem is the pin harvester will not care and just start spamming those numbers. And if you have based them on the pattern of your own phone, then you are probably setting up other Blackberry owners to get your spam.
Spammers work on the idea of volume - the more accounts they have the more likely they will get a bite. I do laugh at a specific bit of spam I get to my PC from a company in the US. They spam me every month or so trying to sell me a list of email addresses for me to spam. The comedy is this list is clearly rubbish if I am on it, but the company does not give up. Though it does change its own name at regular intervals...
Spammers don't care - they just harass and harass.
Yes, of course spammers don't care. But the more nonworking numbers they have, the less time they have to spend on real ones. AFAIK there's no way to automate a PIN message.07-25-12 11:09 AMLike 0 - Time is irrelevant to a spammer. This is why they hire time on those infected bot networks. Tons of spam can be sent without effort.07-25-12 11:36 AMLike 0
- Time is relevant for everyone. There's only so much time in the day, and if you have to manually enter each pin number to send a message, fake ones will take up a significant amount of your time.07-25-12 11:45 AMLike 0
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If this really is a manual process, then labour is very cheap in the East. This is where all the CAPTCHAs get cracked now. Or where those "Microsoft" fake support calls come from. The Scammer will always find a way. A Global Labour force is a dream for them.
We have a planet wide communications system now. Scams are run where the labour is the cheapest and aimed at the places where the potential financial gains are the greatest.
P.S. I don't dare click on your goo.gl link in your PIN ;D I hope that goes to some nasty spyware infection.Last edited by Batter Pudding; 07-25-12 at 11:54 AM.
07-25-12 11:51 AMLike 0
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