Wednesday 12 September 2007

Hook, Line and Snicker...

Spoof and phishing emails are a fact of life in the Twenty-first Century. And most of us are savvy enough to spot them. Most of us, in fact, it seems are savvier than the people who actually create such emails - at least given their often poor command of English.

Sensible people delete these emails as soon as they spot them in their inbox. And normally, I do too. But when I saw the following phishing email, I had to share it:

Good day dear clients,

We are sorry to inform that the fraudulents with the accounts of our bank have recently increased. That is why our bank changes the security system, which will provide maximum security to our clients if the accounts are used by frauds. You will receive a special program to your e-mail this week, as well as the instruction how to use it. With its help you will have an opportunity to make payments. Without this program no one will be able to transfer money from your account. If you lose the program, you will have to pay $4,99 and we will send you the copy of it.

To confirm the registration of this anti-fraud program visit this web-site and complete the necessary forms:

We appreciate your business and hope to keep you as a customer for life. Citizens Bank Money Manager GPS Online is so easy, no wonder it's number 1 !

I don't know which is most amusing: the honesty of the email - "Without this program no one will be able to transfer money from your account"; or the concept of a phishing program you have to pay to replace should you "lose" it...

2 comments:

Stuart Grimshaw said...

I am calling from internet service providings, I was wondering if you wanted to switch your internet service providings to a internet service provider who is providing a better internet service than your current internet service providings

SandChigger said...

Oh, don't be doing that!