The Lamest Attempt at Internet Fraud... Ever!

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I got this e-mail this morning. I've edited out the link, but I thought it was soooo funny I should post it here.

"Dear Citi-bank Users,

This message was sennt by the OnlineCitibank serevr to veerify your email
adress. You must cmetolpe this pocerss by clicking on the link
below and enteering in the smmall window your Citi-Bank ATM/Debit
Card Number and card pin that you use on Atm.
That is donne for your pretoction -5- becourse some of our memmbers no
legonr have acecss to their email adseedrss and we must verify it.

To veerify your e-mail address and akcess your Citibank account, klick on
the link bellow. If ntohing happnes when you click on the link -8 copye
and pastte the link into the addres bar of your web broswer.

[edited]

---------------------------------------------
Thank you for using Citi-Bank!
---------------------------------------------

This automatic email sent to: [edited]
Do not rpely to this email. "


Rule one of internet fraud: Attempt to make e-mail look genuine.
Rule two of internet fraud: Type using fingers, not wang.
 
:lol:

Although there will be people who do follow the emails instructions. I bet they haven't won any GTP awards for being a smart cookie have they?
 
And... I don't even bank with CitiBank!

daan said there was a similar one from Lloyds-TSB this morning, but with actual spelling in it. Much more convincing. Most people wouldn't even be able to read this tripe... Well, except drifters, of course...

*ducks and runs*
 
Originally posted by Famine
And... I don't even bank with CitiBank!

daan said there was a similar one from Lloyds-TSB this morning, but with actual spelling in it. Much more convincing. Most people wouldn't even be able to read this tripe... Well, except drifters, of course...

*ducks and runs*
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You better edit out your mistake before it makes you look daft.

:D

Opps, too late I quoted it. :p
 
I saw this come up on another forum. The suggestion there was to return the e-mail with the spelling and grammar fixed in hopes that the idiot sending the e-mail would fall for his own attempt.

AO
 
Originally posted by Famine
Rule two of internet fraud: Type using fingers, not wang.
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:lol:

Actually, the top "news" story on our company intranet site is: "Company Credit Cards: Keep the details safe".

But then in the dress code, it says "We employ intelligent people, and we expect them to dress appropriately" (which basically means: if you're meeting the client, it's suit, otherwise, whatever).

Surely these two articles are contradictory?
 
:lol: Ha ha, that's funny... how the hell do you misspell "verify"?
 
What is the world coming to. Morons are everywhere!!! They are embarking on the internet. You should email that back to it's creator and see what happens.
 
That would be so hilarious
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I'd do it.
 
I got this plan that i send 2,000,000 people an e-mail asking for $1, now i'm thinking that at least 1,000,000 suckers would send me $1, and I would be a millionaire. Brilliant.
 
Originally posted by skylineGTR_guy
I keep getting these emails about some company from africa.
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Oh, I get that one all the time... It's side-splittingly hilarious, really. Next time I get it, I'll post it here...

But at least it's well-written...!
 
Maybe I reply like, "Sir, I do not know how you were employed at a bank with those typing skills. But heres something that may help. Hooked On Phonics

When I had AOL, I would sometimes get people asking for my password, or something of that sort. I always found, "Oh my god, your making me so hotttt." usually sent them running.
 
oh, god!!! hahaha, what the **** does it read there? incredible that the asshole that sent that would really think somebody's gonna believe that. awesome :lol:

Cano
 
Yeah , that is pretty lame an stupid, but I guess its all worth it if even ONE jackass sent his info, but I really doubt it!!!
 
Originally posted by Mopar Muscle
I got this plan that i send 2,000,000 people an e-mail asking for $1, now i'm thinking that at least 1,000,000 suckers would send me $1, and I would be a millionaire. Brilliant.
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It's been done before. Someone in Wisconsin put an ad in the newspaper for something of the same, asking for a dollar. He got $260,000 for it and a huge lawsuit. So if I were you, don't do it.
 
Originally posted by Famine
And... I don't even bank with CitiBank!

daan said there was a similar one from Lloyds-TSB this morning, but with actual spelling in it. Much more convincing. Most people wouldn't even be able to read this tripe... Well, except drifters, of course...

*ducks and runs*
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I think Cobraboy meant the only people who will be tricked ARE the drifters... come to think of it maybe it was the drifters who sent it out in the first place.... **digs a small hole to hide in**
 
Originally posted by Mopar Muscle
I got this plan that i send 2,000,000 people an e-mail asking for $1, now i'm thinking that at least 1,000,000 suckers would send me $1, and I would be a millionaire. Brilliant.
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Ive seen this before, your meant to form a mail group with 6 ppl on it u start and number 6 and send a dollar to the other five, then you post it on atleast 200 forums and then if onyl 1 person on each replies you make 200 but now ur number five, then they put it on atleast 200 forums and so on so you make 1x200x200 im not sure if it works but thats a hell of a lot of money if it does.
 
Originally posted by Mopar Muscle
I got this plan that i send 2,000,000 people an e-mail asking for $1, now i'm thinking that at least 1,000,000 suckers would send me $1, and I would be a millionaire. Brilliant.
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That's the exact thought process that spammers use. "If I hit a million e-mails for $20 a pop, and only 2% return... that's $400,000". Out of 1,000,000 people, do you think 20,000 would take a 50/50 chance on $20? Yep.

On the wild misspellings, Most inline spam filters (ie hotmail, aol, etc) filter by comparing incoming emails to a list of known spams.

So, spams constantly change the spellings around to fool these filters. Works pretty good getting around the filters.

That's also why you're seeing more and more images as advertisements. The filters can't pick up the text. The drawback for spammers, is that a text e-mail is 2k, while an image is 40k. So they've multiplied their bandwidth by 20times. When it's a million e-mails, that's a load of bandwidth each day.

AO
 
Originally posted by Crayola
I think Cobraboy meant the only people who will be tricked ARE the drifters... come to think of it maybe it was the drifters who sent it out in the first place.... **digs a small hole to hide in**
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Guess what Crayola. I drift in real life, and there's no way in heck that I would fall for something that stupid. Adjust your statement, because you ARE wrong.
 
Originally posted by toyomatt84
It's been done before. Someone in Wisconsin put an ad in the newspaper for something of the same, asking for a dollar. He got $260,000 for it and a huge lawsuit. So if I were you, don't do it.
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A huge lawsuit? For what?

And just so you know, it was just a thought, and I would not attempt this anyways.... well.... maybe, how did the lawsuit go?
 
Hey, I just got that e-mail. I replied, with horrible spelling, that it was a horrible attempt at trying to steal my bank card number that doesn't exist.
By the way it says in the e-mail, "Do not repyl to this email" or something like that. I told them I did not understand that. I havn't gotten a reply.:lol:
 
That's very likely because the address that sent it to you, doesn't know they sent it to you. You'll find in teh near future that Virus writers and spammers will soon become the same company. If a virus writer can script up a aprogram that can access your e-mail account, they can send twice as many e-mails without impacting their bandwidth. If they can manage to slam 20,000 e-mail accounts, they have cornered the market on spending other people's bandwidth.

The e-mail that this came in on, was likely hijacked and the person you just replied to is going to think that some idiot has just sent them a bad e-mail about editing and grammar on a spam e-mail.

Did I mention that the future is actually already passed and it's happening now?

AO
 

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