Okay, seven or eight years ago when they started phishing spams for bank account details I was confused.
The give away was that I usually didn’t have an account in the bank anyway.
The amazing thing is that they are still going and they are getting worse and worse.
It is obvious that someone somewhere must be sending their details to these phishers of account details.
There follows one that came in to me this morning.
It is riddled with misspellings and grammatical mistakes and strange use of apostrophes.
We recently determined that various computers connect
on your account Lloyds, Password and of multiples checs taient
present before connection. We now need assure you again
information of your Lloyds account. If this n’ d’ is not completed;
here on November 10, 2008, we will be constrained to suspend
your account indefinitely, Because it can have uses d’ fraudulent
ends. We thank you for your comprehention in this manner.
To confirm your online banking of the files,
click on the following bond:
>>> Click Here <<<
Thank you for your patience. Lloyds service customers.
S' you like it do not answer has this e-mail because c' is only
one notification. Email to send has this address cannot be answered.
1999-2008 Lloyds. All rights reserved
I am begining to think that anyone who is conned by this deserves what they get.
However the real moment of suspended disbelief should arrive when you see the return address of the “bank”
They really went to a lot of trouble to name a site to fool us.
It is lloyds@alice.it
Comments
Petra Kindler
on November 9, 2008Not exactly phishing but certainly phishy is the following e-mail I received today and whose attachment I resisted to open…:
HI, how are you doing? Likely, you will be now surprised. I long
thought before writing you the letter. This morning, I have received
love the Internet dispatch, from the unknown person to me the
addressee. In the given letter, it was spoken about love relations
between people. In the list e-mail addressees, I have seen your
address. I long thought before writing to you. I think, what you as
search for serious relations? I consider, that the given chance for me
unique, therefore I have decided to write to you. I wish to find the
present love! I would like to begin our acquaintance, with the small
story about me. My name is Hasmik. Friends me name simply Has. To me
of 28 years. I the quiet, young, purposeful girl. Friends say to me,
that I cheerful. I love dialogue. I consider, that dialogue very
important component in our life. I, as well as all women of our
country, like to cook food, to go in for sports. I conduct a healthy
way of life. I do not smoke and I do not take alcohol. I have work
which very strongly I love. But I do not have not enough love. I am
assured, that on our planet, there is a person who can present to me
happiness and love! On the Internet I more recently. I have no wide
experience in the Internet acquaintances. I have seen transfer on the
TV, about love in the Internet and have decided to find the happiness.
I consider, that it is real. I search for the real man who will love,
and to respect me. I consider, that this main thing in relations. You
the interesting man, and I would like to learn you in more details.
Probably it is our destiny? I wish to get acquainted with you more
close, by means of e-mail. It will be for us easier variant.
I give you mine e-mail the address: hasavewin@yahoo.co.uk
You can write to me. I with pleasure will answer you. Certainly, I
will send you my photos as. I with impatience will wait your letter to
me, with more detailed story about you. I am assured, that we become
good friends and we can love each other. Yours faithfully, Your
girlfriend, Hasmik.
Martin
on November 10, 2008I think the time has come to appreciate and celebrate the marvellous and unsung literary skills of the spammers.
dick
on December 5, 2008I keep getting emails telling me that someone is sending me a greeting card. They write that I have recieved (sic) a greeting card. I get these emails several times a day. I figured if Hallmark was sending me a greeting card they would at least spell received correctly and so it must be a phishing expedition. I wonder how many get caught by that one as well.
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