suspend away, bastards

[mrblaine]

You'd think they would be at least smart enough to spell check.
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[TObject]

Yep, those are bogus. I am getting a lot of phishing e-mails like these. Bastards!

[Joe Dillard]

I recieved a similar email ~5 months ago!

Funny thing is; I've never had an account with the real company!

Sounds almost like a disgruntled employee trying to sabotage them & cash-in.

[mrblaine]

Originally posted by TObject
Yep, those are bogus. I am getting a lot of phishing e-mails like these. Bastards!

What's interesting is that another address comes up when you go to the link, one in the address bar and another dangling in space right below it.

[mrblaine]

Originally posted by Joe Dillard
I recieved a similar email ~5 months ago!

Funny thing is; I've never had an account with the real company!

Sounds almost like a disgruntled employee trying to sabotage them & cash-in.

Likely not, more likely some kid somewhere that just figured out phishing schemes from his internet savvy 12 year old buddies.

I would like to get my hands on just one spam generator. Just one. I figure by the time I get through feeding it a few choice computer chunks, unlubricated, they will be more than happy to delete my email addy from their files.

[Joe Dillard]

Blaine, I just read your sig! ROTFLMAO!!

[mrblaine]

Dear valued PayPal? member:



It has come to our attention that your PayPal? account information needs to be
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any future problems with the online service.


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[Jeff Weston]

Wow, Citibank is having the same problems. The amazing thing is that I received this email and I have no accounts with Citibank.

Dear Citibank Customer,

When signing on to Citibank Online, you or somebody else have made several login attempts and reached your daily attempt limit. As an additional security measure your access to Online Banking has been limited. This Web security measure does not affect your access to phone banking or ATM banking.

Please verify your information here, before trying to sign on again. You will be able to attempt signing on to Citibank Online within twenty-four hours after you verify your information. (You do not have to change your Password at this time.)



Citibank Online Customer Service

[Robert J. Yates]

Actually as I understand from our IT guys this morning - a new version of the MyDoom virus is responsible.

[Stu Olson]

Originally posted by Joe Dillard
Funny thing is; I've never had an account with the real company!

Would this be in contrast to your having an account with the fake company?

[mrblaine]

Suntrust User Verification Form
Safeharbor security experts observed violations on many user accounts which are against are policy bellow:

False or missing contact information

Falsifying or omitting your name

Falsifying or omitting your address

Because of the fraudulous activity recorded in the last month hard security
measures had been taken.

This measures are intended to verify the indentity and contact information of your account.

By ignoring this measures means that:

You are no longer active on Suntrust.com
You are not the owner of the Suntrust.com account
You lost or forgot the password of your Suntrust.com account

The consequences of ignoring this security measures could be the suspension of your Suntrust.com account.
You will be noticed by e-mail about the requirements for reinstatement of your Suntrust.com account.

You have been notifyed for this incoming mail and we expect you to complete the following form properly.
We are determined to focus on a single goal - reducing the amount of frauds and errors.
We expect this measures to reduce Suntrust frauds with 70% in the first phase.

Click on the "Update Your Account Info" to redirect you on our secure system.



Update Your Account Info

[NAILER341]

i got the same stuff...
and one for ebay.com



From collectibles to cars, buy and sell all kinds of items on eBay

eBay Safeharbor Department Notice

Fraud Alert ID : 00626654

Dear eBay member,

You have received this email because you or someone else had used your identity to make false purchases on eBay. For security reasons, we are required to open an investigation on this matter. We treat online fraud seriously and all cases which cannot be resolved between eBay and the other involved party are forwarded for further investigations to the proper authorities. To speed up this process, you are required to verify your personal information against the eBay account registration data we have on file by following the link below.

http://scgi.ebay.com/verify_id=ebay&user=14626654

Please save this fraud alert id for your reference.

When submitting sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line. When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL.
Please Note - If your account information is not updated within the next 72 hours, we will assume this account is fraudulent and it will be suspended. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your eBay account has not been fraudulently used and to combat fraud.

We appreciate your support and understanding, as we work together to keep eBay a safe place to trade.

Thank you for your patience in this matter.

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and paypal







this is my first time getting this type of email.
i did speak with them at ebay, and paypal. they are indeed fake.
they look good though. i could see how some could easily fall into these emails, and give out their information.

bastards

[TJCacher]

Some of you might find this interesting.

Here is a quiz some of us at work in the IT department have taken. There are 10 example emails. Some are legitimate and some are Phishing attempts. Most people can't correctly guess all 10 - I got 9 of them on the previous quiz, but haven't taken this one.

http://survey.mailfrontier.com/survey/quiztest.html

PLM