{"id":49,"date":"2013-05-26T04:12:23","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T09:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/vent\/?p=49"},"modified":"2013-05-26T04:12:23","modified_gmt":"2013-05-26T09:12:23","slug":"the-most-hilariously-inept-phishing-attempt-i-have-ever-received","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/vent\/the-most-hilariously-inept-phishing-attempt-i-have-ever-received\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Hilariously Inept Phishing Attempt I Have Ever Received."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seriously. You have got to see this shit. I have changed absolutely nothing except for stripping out a live bullshit link and inserting linebreaks so you don&#8217;t have to scroll sideways. (And no, the missing spaces are not because I&#8217;m a dumbass and didn&#8217;t insert linebreaks correctly. They were already missing.)<\/p>\n<pre>YAHOOMAIL.COM,. HOTMAIL. ,GMAIL.,AOL, VERIZON, ATT, SBC,AND\r\nALL CUSTOMER ACCOUNT USERS?\r\n\r\nWarning: This message may not be fromwhom it claims to be.\r\nBeware of following any links in it or ofproviding the\r\nsender with any personal information. Learn more\r\n\r\nDear Account Owner,\r\nIt has come to our notice that youremail has not passed the\r\nverification\/Update process that we arepresently working on.\r\nWe are currently upgrading our data base ande-mail account\r\ncenter .We are deleting all Old Web mail email accountto\r\ncreate more space for new accounts.. To prevent your account\r\nfromclosing you will have to update it so that we will know\r\nthat it's apresent used account. To complete your account\r\nre-confirmation, youmust reply to this email immediately\r\nand enter your account details asrequested below.\r\n\r\n****IMPORTANT :\r\n *********************************************************\r\n Email User-name :\r\n EMAIL Pass-word :\r\n date of birth..\r\n Country or Territory :\r\n Email: \r\n****************************************************\r\n\r\nALL YOUR IMPORTANTS SHOULD BE VERIFY ALSO:\r\n\r\nThis updating is compulsory as aresult of our recent server\r\nchanges. If you fail to update your emailaddress you will\r\nsoon be unable to receive\/send mails.Also your emailwill\r\nnot be equipped with the latest anti-virus system in our\r\nnewservers. This will make your email and PC vulnerable to\r\nvirus attacksfrom the internet.\r\n\r\n****HOW TO UPDATE:\r\n\r\nTo update simply reply the above toupgrading admin as\r\nappropriate. Failure to do so immediately will leadto\r\nSUSPENSION OF YOUR ACCOUNT.\r\n Thanks for your co-operation,\r\n Web-mail Administrato<\/pre>\n<p>Let&#8217;s parse.<\/p>\n<p>1. Remember not to provide the sender personal information, which of course is the entire purpose of this phishing attempt. That&#8217;s like a panhandler walking up to you with his hand out and saying &#8220;Don&#8217;t give beggars money, and can I have a quarter?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>2. They&#8217;re deleting e-mail accounts. Webmail accounts. At multiple service providers, because you know that someone just has to delete all those old AOL accounts to make room for new Verizon accounts. That&#8217;s how businesses operate, right?<\/p>\n<p>3. All your importants should be verify also. All your importants. All your importants. All your importants should be verify also. You have no chance to survive, make your time.<\/p>\n<p>4. Your e-mail will not be equipped with the latest anti-virus system in their newsservers, guys! Well, shit, man. How am I supposed to get all my USENET emails now?<\/p>\n<p>5. Failure to comply will make my PC vulnerable to attacks from the internet, even though if I don&#8217;t comply, I won&#8217;t be able to get my e-mail, which means my PC won&#8217;t download any of the no-longer virus-ridden e-mail, which means&#8230; uhh, how will my PC get infected now, exactly? Wouldn&#8217;t my inability to access my e-mail actually <em>protect<\/em> my PC from any possible infection that these cumfarts would have anything to do with? GOD I&#8217;M SO CONFUSED.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, man. You&#8217;d have to be a complete fucking dipshit to fall for this one, which come to think of it means these cockbags are probably already reading granny&#8217;s emails and whacking off to pictures of your sister. Anyone who actually falls for this phish should be immediately turned into tasty protein cakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seriously. You have got to see this shit. I have changed absolutely nothing except for stripping out a live bullshit link and inserting linebreaks so you don&#8217;t have to scroll sideways. (And no, the missing spaces are not because I&#8217;m a dumbass and didn&#8217;t insert linebreaks correctly. They were already missing.) YAHOOMAIL.COM,. 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