Gene Honda Civic Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 (edited) I just got this email, it made me bust out laughing. I normally don't read spam, but this one snuck through to my real email.... once I saw the Title I knew i had to click it. Citi-Card _EMAIL_ Veerification Dear Citicards Cleints, Thiss E-mail was _sent_ by-the citibank_ server_ to veerify _your e-mail adrress_. You muust cemtploe this pcsoers by clicking on _the link below and enttering in the smal window_ your CITI-bank Debbit card nummber and Card Pin that you_use on the Atm_machine. This_is done - for your petocrtion -n- becaurse some of our membres no lnegor have acecss to their email adesrdess and we must verify it. http://citi.org:%x%x%x%x5..... To veerify your_ _E-MAIL_ address and access your_ Citibank-Online account, click on _the link _below_. thhIUGI The email had only been modified to disable the link, all spelling is exactly as it appeared... I know it's not the Nigerians, They at least use correct spelling and speak something that resembles english... I still don't know what "pcsoers" is Edit: New best part... I just noticed who the sender of it was... although it showed up as Citibank the email address is [email protected] Edited January 29, 2004 by The Cheat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Cheat, could you please fix the link? I have a Citibank card and need to update that info. Thanks! Chisoxy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted January 29, 2004 Author Share Posted January 29, 2004 Chisoxy, I sent you a PM I don't want other people to get ahold of that valuable link. ----------------- In other news I sent him a reply containing my own version of the Nigerian Email Scam.... I'm waiting with baited breath for the reply... While searching for a sufficient template, I found this link on the ISU site... Yes THE Idaho State University... http://www.nigerianscams.org/ Not only is the website design professional and innovative, but for $50 bucks they can verify whether your email is in fact a valid Nigerian Email Scam.... I feel so much better that the ISU site linked to such helpful imformation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bones Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 I still don't know what "pcsoers" is I think that should read "process". I'm trying to help 'cause it is important to me that people understand what they need to do. If you have any questions email me at [email protected], thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bones Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Anyone seen Mystic River yet? I'm planning on seeing it Thursday night and wondering what to expect. I heard Robbins was pretty good in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bones Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Anyone seen Mystic River yet? I'm planning on seeing it Thursday night and wondering what to expect. I heard Robbins was pretty good in it. whoops, wrong thread meant to put this in the oscar nominations thread. time to get some sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 I just got this email, it made me bust out laughing. I normally don't read spam, but this one snuck through to my real email.... once I saw the Title I knew i had to click it. Citi-Card _EMAIL_ Veerification The email had only been modified to disable the link, all spelling is exactly as it appeared... I know it's not the Nigerians, They at least use correct spelling and speak something that resembles english... I still don't know what "pcsoers" is Edit: New best part... I just noticed who the sender of it was... although it showed up as Citibank the email address is [email protected] All those misspelled words allow it to get through the spam blockers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 it seems beastly and begood are trying something new to beat the spam blockers..... ooooooooooooooh snappppppppp kidding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSteve Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 it seems beastly and begood are trying something new to beat the spam blockers..... ooooooooooooooh snappppppppp kidding Yeah, you're kidding all right...just about it being new for them. They have been at that for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonkeyKongerko Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 It's actually one of the many vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer. A malicious programmer can put a link in the email that LOOKS like it's going to a place like http://www.microsoft.com but it will actually go to something like http://www.microsoft.com%[email protected]. The link will look fine and the address that shows up once you click on it will also look like http://www.microsoft.com. The only way to tell that it is not legit is the missing slash at the end. If it was real, the top of your web browser would read http://www.microsoft.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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