Lame Phishing Attempts
I get quite a few phishing attempts in my email Inbox from assholes trying to steal my login information for various accounts that I may or may not have. Quite a few are from dickheads trying to get my name and password for my Chase Bank account, LOL I don’t even have a Chase Bank account! I just delete them as fast as they come in but I also get quite a few from thieves trying to steal my Paypal account info.
They never have my actual account name so you know right off that it’s a spoof and a scam no matter how convincing and genuine the information in the email looks. Except for one that came in that really, really pissed me off. They actually had scavenged my exact Paypal account holder name right off one of my webpages and sent the email directly to me in a very well done email, complete with the Paypal logo and well written text. Someone took the time to actually target me directly as opposed to being one of thousands sent in a mass mailing. That was kinda spooky!
As a matter of course I just forward the phishing attempts off to Paypals security team so they can shut the site down by sending it unchanged or edited to spoof@paypal.com which is what I suggest anyone should do if they get one of those phishing attempt emails. Turn the scumbag bastards in!! Paypal always gets back to me right away with a reply verifying that it was a scam and they thank me for helping out.
There was one in particular though that had me laughing my ass off! This attempt was so lame and so poorly written that it was actually quite funny! I saved the text from the email so you guys could have a laugh at this moron too…
PayPal - Notification
Dear PayPal Client!
Having provided the constant support and check of your billing data on file with PayPal we managed to discover a little error in it. You can use you card only for the purpose of identification, the charge at will is impossible. This very type of user’s identification lets PayPal! store a safe place to make a purchase, manage the verification of your account data. Setting up a seller account needs valid debit or credit card and verification of account data. In case of automatic payments the charge of credit card usually lasts 5-7 days after getting the invoice. Confirm the necessary information. Mind that your account accepting can be invalid for non-payers and your responsibility may include costs accepting.
To entry the confirmation page you should click here
Be sure, you’ve made right choice paying attention to this matter. Sorry for any inconveniences but we woul! d like you to understand that it is just a safe way of your account protection. Please understand that this is security measure meant to help protect you and your account user account.
The PayPal Team Copyright 1999-2006 PayPal. All rights reserved.
LOL, isn’t that just about the worst thing you’ve ever read? Anyone that falls for that load of crap deserves to have their account information stolen! What about you guys? Do ya’ll get a lot of these things in your email too?
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The sad part se7en is that a lot of people fall for that stuff.
The funniest I ever got was one saying my eBay account had been cancelled. Which was hysterical, as I’ve never had an eBay acct!
I get those all the time– and I don’t even have a paypal acct.
A year ago I wrote an article on phishing for work and nobody had even heard of it. Now it’s part of the daily lingo.
And it’s expected to get worse.
Gah!
“To entry the confirmation” etc. Nigerian? Indian? Chad?
No, I don’t get a lot, but I did get one from a fella who has been diagnosed with cancer and wants me to help him spend $18 million. I would, but it’s kind of chump change.
I don’t get phishing but I get many that want me to buy erection drugs.
Obviously their phishing has been successful for them, perhaps they should tone down the urgency a bit, that is a dead giveaway, all the !!! LOL
Thanks for the heads up about where to send those. I have received a couple that I knew were fake right away but didn’t think about forwarding (blonde moments on my part)
I hope you had a great weekend!
The best ones are the ones telling you you can’t contact them until you’ve followed instructions, LOL!!
Omni
I like to mess with them. The typical crap that I get involves the whole “I got 625 million dollars and if you’ll help me, I’ll give you 20%”. I actually reply to them and say, “Sorry to hear about your troubles. However, due to a multitude of internet scams, I require $100,000 in US dollars as a sign of good faith before I can render any help.”
I get assloads of these. This one sounds like someone translated it from Tagalog.
I get nonstop crap in my inbox, one week it is penis enhancement, the next week I suddenly have long lost relatives in Africa with apparently nowhere to spend their money. YAWN
I get TONS of those! People are always trying to scam me into giving them my Paypal and Ebay information!
Good Lawd, you’d think they could at least have someone who speaks proper english proof it! I got one yesterday that was a payment confirmation for $400+ for diamonds that I didn’t buy. It was freaky, but I checked my account and there was no such transaction. They got action out of me, but I’m not stupid enough to click their links. I turned them in, too. Woot!