PayPal Phishing English

Something subtle about it set off my Spidey senses….

22 responses to “PayPal Phishing English”

jitze

Dec 12, 2011 at 1:32 am

If you won’t let me log in to your Paypal account, how on earth do you expect me to transfer the funds being held in escrow for you at Chartered Bank of Lagos? My late brother (of blessed memory, he was in the oil business) left specific instructions to transfer these funds into your safekeeping on condition it occur before end-of-year. Please expedite username and password forthwith. Time is running.

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linux-works

Dec 12, 2011 at 1:41 am

man in the middle attack? in other words, I should be real wary of evil gangs composed of at least 3 people, or other odd numbers?

this sounds serious!

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angry shock

Dec 12, 2011 at 1:57 am

oh boy…

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flytrue2

Dec 12, 2011 at 2:37 am

Lol, "Man is the most intelligent of the animals – and the most silly." ~Diogenes

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Jeffrey Wallace

Dec 12, 2011 at 2:38 am

I think my favorite is the phone number that is one numeral short haha. The sad thing is this could fool ~~comatose~~ less than observant person in the cyber universe. I really hope not though. Do they think they will make millions with this stuff?

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solerena

Dec 12, 2011 at 5:43 am

yep, Lol – perfect English (being ironic), can relate:D
could be a virus, be aware… this is what Misha Glenny talked about in one of his books on evil mafias and cyber attacks… here we go.

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In Memoriam: jerryfi_99

Dec 12, 2011 at 7:32 am

That’s one of the better ones!-) I’ve collected dozens of similar, mostly from Nigeria – maybe they’ll make a good book someday 😉 Some are truly inventive, almost deserving of Venture Capital!!.

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Steffe

Dec 12, 2011 at 11:00 am

Ha ha.

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-fCh-

Dec 12, 2011 at 12:15 pm

for reasons stated above, even a scheme as poorly conceived as this should be making some money

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scleroplex

Dec 12, 2011 at 7:16 pm

:-))

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Ramones Karaoke

Dec 12, 2011 at 10:05 pm

It’s weird. I had exactly this email, went through the process as they requested and then my bank account was drained. Still not worked out what happened.

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Dr DAD (Daniel A D’Auria MD)

Dec 13, 2011 at 12:21 am

Ha ha ha ha! I love this!

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Broken Toy Shop

Dec 13, 2011 at 6:00 am

My favourite is when they call you to say they have detected malicious activity on your computer and they just need you to get online and give them remote access to find the problem.
Ofcourse, I always jump online, but we have dial up, so I have no idea what the next instructions are.

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Happy Tinfoil Cat

Dec 13, 2011 at 6:34 am

One reason I have a unique email address for PP. All these phishing attempts on my other addresses get deleted without making it through filters. If you want to wet yourself laughing, go to http://www.419eater.com

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bfinney

Dec 13, 2011 at 6:36 am

Oh yeah – that’s totally legit.

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!MimosaMicheMichelle!

Dec 13, 2011 at 4:33 pm

It does not take much intelligence to know this is not legitimate. One would think that if you bother to create such a letter a little bit more effort would make the email believable. All of this is quite funny and sad.

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knowing basketball

Dec 13, 2011 at 6:03 pm

I got hypnotized either. Cause of hypnotic punctuation.

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drona

Dec 13, 2011 at 6:15 pm

It appears to be of Oriental origin…

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Jeffrey Wallace

Dec 13, 2011 at 6:42 pm

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeany7] maybe they bought the car with there hard earned cash…

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solerena

Dec 13, 2011 at 6:45 pm

wow! Here is Misha Glenny’s talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO1Me-MY-Q0
and books: "McMafia – Journey Through Criminal Underworld" and "DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You"

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restlessthought

Dec 18, 2011 at 2:00 am

so phunny!

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