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Old February 6th, 2004, 01:43 AM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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lazy spammers

here is my *cough* warning *cough* for this very realistic attempt to get my cc info, for my bank.. which.. is apparently citibank now

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Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 12:07:57 -0500
To: "Jacobm" <jacobm5727@yahoo.com>
From: "_CITICARD_" <johanm@netcom.com> Add to Address Book
Subject: CITI _e-mail_ Veerification - jacobm5727@yahoo.com




_Dear Citicards Cardholders,

Thiss mesage was se-nt by t_he Citicards sevrers to
veerify _your E-MAIL addres_.
You mmust comlptee this prcoess by clicking on the_link
below and enntering in the smal _window_ your _citibank
Debit_ full card nummber and _PIN_ that you use_ in the local Atm
Machine.
This is done for your pcortetion -i- because some of_our
members no lgoenr have accses to their email adsseders
and we must verify it.

http://citigroups.org:%65%65%55%62%74%65%75%76%55%4c79@%6 3%69%69439%64%73%61%2e%44%61%2e%52%55/%3f%797%6a%46%74%7a

To veerify your_ e_mail adress and access _your Citibank
account, klick on _the link bellow.

tN3UNWaBvcyYv
sorry if someone has posted this already
lmao
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Old February 6th, 2004, 01:50 AM     #2 (permalink)
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LOL wow thats pretty lame..... I bet people fall for that kind of stuff though.........You should report them.

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Old February 6th, 2004, 02:10 AM     #3 (permalink)
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Old February 6th, 2004, 02:10 AM     #4 (permalink)
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What translation service did they use? Cause it just butchered the English language.
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Old February 7th, 2004, 11:25 PM     #5 (permalink)
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Maybe they're trying to simulate "Technical Difficulties" so people will be convinced that they really need help!

I imagine that some casual users do hit the link anyway... which causes problems for the rest of us.
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Old February 7th, 2004, 11:38 PM     #6 (permalink)
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I'd use spamcop on that one and get it reported to the ISP of where it originated.

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