Psst..Japan: Somebody wrote gullible on the ceiling!
Cnet’s Mobile Ojisan is reporting that Japan is a paradise for internet scammers. Here’s an example of a popular scam:
First, victim is lured to a dubious Web site by a spam mail or blog trackback, believing it’s a high-powered libido location. Or, online dating site with full of supernatural promises.
There on the site, some fineprint is displayed. You have to click “I AGREE” button to proceed. Then, all hell breaks out.
Your IP address: xxxxxxxx,
Your remote-host: yyyyyyyy,
Your provicer: zzzzzzzz,
Your network: aaaaaaa, bbbbbb, ccccc …
THANK YOU FOR JOINING OUR EXCLUSIVE CLUB.
Your membership fee is 60,000 yen for 60 days. Please transfer the amount within three days. If not, we have no choice but to acquire your name, address, and phone number from your provider, and physically contact you. Our agent might call on your office/school/family, then.
Our account particulars: ddddddddd, eeeeeeeeSometimes, a naughty .exe file is quietly pushed into viewer’s PC, and threatening window pops out constantly to intimidate the victim.
If he calls or sends an email to this con site to protest, these jokers will be overjoyed. Adding some concrete information to their easy dupe database!
I guess, most of the Asian Net users, if faced with this kind of ridiculous but threatening message, would laugh away scornfully and forget it immediately. But in Japan, quite a few people take it rather seriously. Besides, the guilty conscience that one has ventured into a libido site does not help the situation.
Also, the ingrained Japanese psychological urge to avoid any kind of fuss, trouble, conflict or dispute at any cost kicks in.
“Ah, what the heck. Just a matter of small money!”
It’s that easy, eh? Maybe I should start some one-click pages up on Japanprobe.com. What do you think?
