The Greater Offshore Bank & Trust

To prove how vulnerable your personal information is, Internet Explorer 8 recreated notorious internet scams--live, off the web-- in the most street-smart city in world: New York. Watch what happened.

[MFfan]

One of the best commercials I have seen this year.

It's an ingenious way to get the many people who haven't thought about upgrading the version of Internet Explorer that came with Windows, like many home IE6 users on XP, to upgrade IE.

[MicheleDen]

Love this commercial - especially the guy who says "500 American"

It looks more like a public service announcement rather than an ad for IE :-)
Either way hopefully it'll strike home.

[hershu]

@macguyg4 Well, thats how scientific experiments on human behavior are often done. Otherwise it would effect the results as people will often behave differently if they are given certain information. If you knew that was a fake bank, you wouldn't fill it out. However, there are people (not all) who would think it was a real bank and fill out the information if they didn't know. Which is the point of the commercial.

[francistheodorecatte]

Thank you, Youtube, for censoring the truth. Good job.

[ccoraxfan]

This is silly... if you want security, DON'T USE INTERNET EXPLORER! It doesn't matter what version you use, IE is the WORST browser available. Use any other modern browser and you're better off!