Snark the spammers!
Apr. 6th, 2006 01:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
damontHmmmmm...
<snark>
"We are contacting you to remind that *THREE DAYS IN THE FUTURE*, our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account..."
Like, perhaps, an attempt to defraud me by the organization sending me this phishing letter?
</snark>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:54:25 -0100
From: "Chase Online Banking" (supposedly)
Subject: (Chase) Account [wrong number] Client's Details Confirmation
[chaseNewlogo.gif]
Your online credit card account has high-risk activity status. We are
contacting you to remind that on April 09 2006 our Account Review Team
identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with
Chase Bank User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been
compromised, access your account was limited. Your account access will
remain limited until this issue has been resolved.
We encourage you to log in and perform the steps necessary to restore
your account access as soon as possible. Allowing your account access to
remain limited for an extended period of time may result in further
limitations on the use of your account and possible account closure.
Login to your limit account and restore online access:
[a link that looks legitimate, but was only the text of a link to somewhere else]
This notification is part of the All-Electronic Program you enrolled in
to receive your activity report online.
-------- End forwarded message --------
Look, I know that my spam-dar is pretty well tuned, but what gave you phishers the idea that putting such an obviously bogus date (note the boldfaced parts of the spam-mail) in the text of your letter was more likely to get people to bite? Oh well, at least it gave me fodder for a snark.
<snark>
"We are contacting you to remind that *THREE DAYS IN THE FUTURE*, our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account..."
Like, perhaps, an attempt to defraud me by the organization sending me this phishing letter?
</snark>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:54:25 -0100
From: "Chase Online Banking" (supposedly)
Subject: (Chase) Account [wrong number] Client's Details Confirmation
[chaseNewlogo.gif]
Your online credit card account has high-risk activity status. We are
contacting you to remind that on April 09 2006 our Account Review Team
identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with
Chase Bank User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been
compromised, access your account was limited. Your account access will
remain limited until this issue has been resolved.
We encourage you to log in and perform the steps necessary to restore
your account access as soon as possible. Allowing your account access to
remain limited for an extended period of time may result in further
limitations on the use of your account and possible account closure.
Login to your limit account and restore online access:
[a link that looks legitimate, but was only the text of a link to somewhere else]
This notification is part of the All-Electronic Program you enrolled in
to receive your activity report online.
-------- End forwarded message --------
Look, I know that my spam-dar is pretty well tuned, but what gave you phishers the idea that putting such an obviously bogus date (note the boldfaced parts of the spam-mail) in the text of your letter was more likely to get people to bite? Oh well, at least it gave me fodder for a snark.
