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Stupid Phisher!
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:45 am
by Bob Juch
What's wrong with this phishing email?
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Re: Stupid Phisher!
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:04 pm
by jayhawker536
I thought Cap One and Citi were two different entities.
Re: Stupid Phisher!
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:21 pm
by MarleysGh0st
jayhawker536 wrote:I thought Cap One and Citi were two different entities.
We can't even keep up with all the bank failures and mergers here in the states. How is a Nigerian phisher supposed to do so?
Or maybe these are the Russians...
Re: Stupid Phisher!
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:25 pm
by ne1410s
I thot it was a simple mispellling of "regularly"...
Re: Stupid Phisher!
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:36 pm
by Bob Juch
jayhawker536 wrote:I thought Cap One and Citi were two different entities.
They are - today.
Re: Stupid Phisher!
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:17 pm
by gsabc
The fact that they use the word "kindly", which is not typically a part of a bank's customer service vocabulary?
Re: Stupid Phisher!
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:19 pm
by Bob Juch
gsabc wrote:The fact that they use the word "kindly", which is not typically a part of a bank's customer service vocabulary?
Actually that
is on the real Citi emails.
Re: Stupid Phisher!
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:41 pm
by MarleysGh0st
So, Bob, if we haven't identified what you think is particularly wrong with this phishing attempt, are you going to tell us what it is?
Re: Stupid Phisher!
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:07 pm
by Bob Juch
MarleysGh0st wrote:So, Bob, if we haven't identified what you think is particularly wrong with this phishing attempt, are you going to tell us what it is?
I did above. The email was supposed to be from Citibank but said it was a Capital One card.
Re: Stupid Phisher!
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:10 pm
by MarleysGh0st
Bob Juch wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote:So, Bob, if we haven't identified what you think is particularly wrong with this phishing attempt, are you going to tell us what it is?
I did above. The email was supposed to be from Citibank but said it was a Capital One card.
Where you said "They are - today"? The conditional on that answer made me think you were looking at something more.
Re: Stupid Phisher!
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:19 pm
by Bob Juch
MarleysGh0st wrote:Bob Juch wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote:So, Bob, if we haven't identified what you think is particularly wrong with this phishing attempt, are you going to tell us what it is?
I did above. The email was supposed to be from Citibank but said it was a Capital One card.
Where you said "They are - today"? The conditional on that answer made me think you were looking at something more.
Yes, that tomorrow they might announce a merger. Anything's possible.