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May 12, 2004

X-treme Outsourcing

I know some companies have been outsourcing, but using monkeys is just plain ridiculous. Here's an e-mail I got this morning:

Dear Citi Cleint,

This_ LETTER was seent by t_he Citibank_ sevrer
toveerify your E-mail addres.
You must complete this process by clicking on_the link
bellow and enntering
in the smmall _window your _Citibank__Atm full Card
Number and _pin_ that
_you use in_the Atm_Machine.That_is donne for_your
protection -C- because some_of our
_members_ _no_longer have access to their E_MAIL
addressesand we must verify it.

www.yahoo.com/?G3vnXvlFOtwqTWWOpB3bYiqo10NoARDgW8FTE1yui4Vd0R3qu6Crp3Qq4GQ

To verify your e-mail adress and accees your
Online-Citibank
account, klick on the_link _below.

EzuVvCAnhCWKW1H92A ct4i6wIambe42TDx
N8aowq1tdXuU7wuj0yD6

One small problem, besides the obvious ones.

I don't have a Citibank card.

If you're going to phish, you should at least use the correct bait.

Sheesh.

Posted by Rita at May 12, 2004 02:27 PM

Comments

yeah, there have been a lot of these phishing scams going on lately. you'd think all of the misspellings would give them away.

Posted by: yayaempress at May 12, 2004 03:09 PM

yeah i've been getting a bunch too...paypal, e-bay account, etc. I don't have any of those types of accounts either.

Posted by: rita at May 12, 2004 05:50 PM

That one was pretty bad, but I've seen some _really_ good ones. There was a slick-looking ebay site, plus a few others that might catch those who weren't paying attention.

Posted by: Bob at May 13, 2004 01:11 AM

Thanks for posting that. A few of the choice terms are going into my company's filter, right effin' now.

I HATE phishers.

Posted by: Keith at May 13, 2004 08:12 AM