"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public." H. L. Mencken
Replace "American public" with "computer users", and you've got the truth of it... Kurt On 2/25/08, James Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hehe, I didn't notice that bit > > Phishers can't spell or do basic mathematics. How do they make so much > money? > > > On 24/02/2008, Larry Rappaport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rankin, James R wrote: > > > I love the email address that this phish came from. Paypal.con? Indeed > > > it is…. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > *From:* PayPal Billing department [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > *Sent:* 23 February 2008 12:00 > > > *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > *Subject:* Please Restore Your Account Access > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > **Dear valued PayPal(R) member:** > > > > > > Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the paypal > > > account we have issued this warning message. > > > > > > It has come to our attention that your PayPal(R) account information > > > needs to be > > > updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and > to > > > reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take > > > 5-10 minutes > > > out of your online experience and update your personal records you will > > > not run into > > > any future problems with the online service. > > > > > > > > > However, failure to update your records will result in account > suspension. > > > Please update your records on or before **February 30, 2008. ****** > > > > > > *Once you have updated your account records your paypal account > > > service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. * > > > > > > *To update your PayPal(R) records click on the following link: > > > http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run > <http://paypaly.org>* > > > > > > *Thank You. > > > ***PayPal(R) UPDATE TEAM**** **** > > > > > > *Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, PayPal(R) will > > > periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements. > *** > > > > > > *Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions. > > > > **http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_privacy-outside* > > > > > > > > February 30th? Hmmm, must be some new math thing... > > > > -- > > > > Larry > > rapp at lmr dot com > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > > ~ > <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> > ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
