Two signs this was spam:
1) I don't have an account with that particular bank
2) Major banks don't tend to mis-spell "security" in their subject lines. (secuity?)
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Still waiting for my cheque from Nigerian royalty...
Browsing my email this morning, I came across some spam, passing itself off as a warning from a bank and asking the sucker reader to click on the link and confirm my information.
Two signs this was spam:
1) I don't have an account with that particular bank
2) Major banks don't tend to mis-spell "security" in their subject lines. (secuity?)
Two signs this was spam:
1) I don't have an account with that particular bank
2) Major banks don't tend to mis-spell "security" in their subject lines. (secuity?)
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2 comments:
Actually one of my friends got caught in that scam - she was renting out a room in her house and someone called her from the U.K. pretending to do be on the up and up - send her a phony bank draft.
Mich
You have no idea how many patrons at the library have asked us about it. It's actually really sad how many people fall for it.
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