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Stupid Phisher!

#1 Post by Bob Juch » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:45 am

What's wrong with this phishing email?
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#2 Post by jayhawker536 » Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:04 pm

I thought Cap One and Citi were two different entities.

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#3 Post by MarleysGh0st » Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:21 pm

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? :P

Or maybe these are the Russians...

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#4 Post by ne1410s » Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:25 pm

I thot it was a simple mispellling of "regularly"...
"When you argue with a fool, there are two fools in the argument."

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#5 Post by Bob Juch » Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:36 pm

jayhawker536 wrote:I thought Cap One and Citi were two different entities.
They are - today.
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#6 Post by gsabc » Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:17 pm

The fact that they use the word "kindly", which is not typically a part of a bank's customer service vocabulary?
I just ordered chicken and an egg from Amazon. I'll let you know.

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#7 Post by Bob Juch » Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:19 pm

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.
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#8 Post by MarleysGh0st » Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:41 pm

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?

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#9 Post by Bob Juch » Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:07 pm

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.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.

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#10 Post by MarleysGh0st » Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:10 pm

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.

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#11 Post by Bob Juch » Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:19 pm

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.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)

Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.

Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.

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