[9dev]

It’s awful, really. Some domain names are so awfully chosen, they sound like scams. Take the government program for financial support to students, called BAföG. Here’s a bunch of domains related to that:

  * bafoeg.de
  * bafoeg-digital.de
  * bafoegonline.bva.bund.de

Or, the worst one in my opinion: the German federal ID card has an integrated RFID chip that requires a PIN to unlock. You can use that chip to authenticate against a few government services online, which rely on the PIN as proof of identity. The PIN can be reset using a OTP sent via snail mail.

Q: where you you think can you order that letter?

  a) Bundesdruckerei.de
  b) personalausweisportal.de
  c) pin-ruecksetzbrief-bestellen.de
  d) bmi.bund.de?

A: yes. It’s c. Seriously.

[bombcar]

Healthcare billing in the USA has gone this way. You're going to see emails from my-doctor-billing.com directing you to hospital-pay-site.biz and they're all totally legitimate.

It's nuts.