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by amosj 1628 days ago
> MY NAME IS BEING USED IN A PHISHING ATTACK. > DO NOT RESPOND TO MAIL OFFERING MONEY FOR UNDERGRAD RESEARCH ASSISTANTS.

I wonder if that's been effective. I suppose the targets are students at Princeton so once repeated enough, on his web page and elsewhere, it'll make using his name less profitable.

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considering how many people commenting on HN didn't notice it and commenting on something different I don't think it will be much effective - this headline is quite hard to notice for people who are banner blind.