Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Nice Try

As a public service, I'd like to highlight the latest clever phishing attempt to hit my inbox:


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The bid that you entered for the item ( 5778912147 ) has been cancelled.
To view the reason provided for the cancellation Click Here

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eBay


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I've also passed it along to the folks at eBay for their prosecution pleasure. Note that the geniuses used their name in the links. Hi Aune Family! I'd suggest you start a legal defense fund!


UPDATE: Hmm. Suddenly the links turn up a "page not found". I think they figured out someone busted them.

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