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[Marketing/Ecommerce Research] I have a love/hate relationship with spam and phishing emails. It’s usually the latter but sometimes an attempt by a phisher is so pathetic, it makes me laugh.

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[soho-life.com] soho-life.com » NAB Phishing Alert: This is a laugh! Just got this email with an attachment which no doubt has some script installed in it. What makes it so funny? Well, apart from the obvious things like not addressing it personally to me (I don't even have a NAB account), ... I have notified the real NAB of the new phishing/spam email doing the rounds. To date I've received 3 copies in less than half an hour. Subject: Reward 20 Euro (31 AUD) ,take our survey jurney. Dear NAB Credit/Debit card Holder, ...

[Identity Theft Blog] Facebook Hackers Phishing and Taking Over Facebook Accounts www ...: ... and send out distress calls via the “What are you doing” tab. Criminal hackers do this by sending out phish emails that request user names and passwords. Other phish have viruses containing a remote control component. www. idtheftsecurity.com. Share and Enjoy: ... Sorry but that made me laugh out loud for real ! January 28th, 2010 at 7:29 pm. prostabaka. 6. H4ck3r 4 Lif3. January 28th, 2010 at 7:29 pm. okodorifuto. 7. how much? January 28th, 2010 at 7:29 pm. TheWalf999 ...

[SPONSORCHAT] SPONSORCHAT - This has to be one of the worst phishing emails any ...: But Never Mind, I am From (Burkina Faso in West Africa) Mr Hammoud Aziz by Name, An Auditing Debt Manager In Our Bank Here (Bank Of Africa), I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($12.3 million) immediately to your account. (The Owner of the Money) Is An.

[Tech | press - a Geid blog] » Hackers Against Phishers - Hackers Win Tech | press - a Geid blog: So they hack into the computers of phishers using specially-designed software. Although I’ve been a victim of phishing myself I had to laugh at the cheek of it, and also at the thought of hackers spying on phishers gaining access to innocent browsers on their laptops - perhaps all sitting over a coffee in the same wifi hotspot.

[ESET ThreatBlog] PayPal Admits to Phishing Users | ESET ThreatBlog: While Paypal should reconsider the contents of the emails they send out, I believe that here they just erred on the side of trying to encourage more users to continue to send in suspicious emails. They should re-word their canned reply.

[Business Computing World] The Most Pathetic Phishing Scam I've Seen This Week | Business ...: After all, if you believed people really fell for emails like the following you would probably cry. This particular email, which asks you to reply instantly with your username and password (and, interestingly, whether you use Outlook Express or not), claims to come from the Yahoo Webmaster Team:

[World of Warcraft Fashion Guru] WARNING! WOW FRAUD / PHISHING (AGAIN!): Lately I am getting a LOT of emails saying someone changed the password to my account or that Blizzard suspects I did some fraudulent things but I always laugh at their pathetic tries to get my login details.

[Dee Kay Dot As Gee] Twitter force some users to change their password due to suspected ...: Twitter updated it's status blog on what happen. It appears that for a number of years, a person has been creating torrent sites that require a login and password as well as creating forums set up for torrent site usage and then .

[Mesanna's Weblog] Get the Real Facts on Internet Explorer 8 comparison « Mesanna's ...: According to MS, “Internet Explorer 8 takes the cake with better phishing and malware protection, as well as protection from emerging threats“.  If you’re going to make your internet browser an integral part of your already insecure operating system, you’re just asking for trouble. Active X anyone?

[Joystiq] Watch out for Battlefield Bad Company 2 phishing, warns BF blog: Battlefield producer Gordon Van Dyke is letting the community know that any site asking you to sign up for the beta is phishing -- he recommends you "give them the middle finger." .I framed the email I got and put it on my desk at work.

[Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech Thoughts] Nigerian Spammers Take On the FBI « Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech ...: The FBI (according to the email), kindly points out “During our Investigation, it came to our notice that the reason why you have not received your payment is because you have not fulfilled your Financial Obligation given to you in respect of your Contract/Inheritance Payment”.

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