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It is called social engineering and preconditioning

Ever hear of Pavlov's dogs?
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Conditioning#Pavlov.27s_dogs
The phishers have latched onto that conditioning. There is menatlity that if it looks official then it must be. Just like "regestering" Real Player. Most people use the free version of Real to watch that odd movie that Aunt Sally sent them. When "I Have To" load that spyware ridden junk into a computer for someone I never, never, never use real information in registering. I am amazed at the reaction of my friends and family when they see that I register with fraudulent info. That is precisely what the phishers know, people want to be honest and like Pavlovs dogs they react as they were trained.

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