Technological Paradoxes of Phishing Scams

Published Mon, Feb 21 2005 11:44 | William

Irrespective of how much I hate the SOB's, I have to give it to the people that create the Phishing Scams and many of the spammers - at least in terms of technology.  They definitely come up with some pretty clever mechanisms for pulling off their BS.  But what kills me is that for all of their sophistication - they overlook some pretty basic stuff.  Even if I had a Washington Mutual account - this might make me think twice:

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choise but to temporaly suspend your account.

Thank you for using Washington Mutual!

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# William said on February 21, 2005 12:24 PM:

lol - that's funny, nothing Spell Checker won't fix eh?

And even with those spelling mistakes they still probably catch a few people.

# William said on February 21, 2005 11:27 PM:

Or you could simply hit a reply with a FROM address you HATE, and ask some innocent questions.

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