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Delecting EMail Accoints - Dumbest Phishing Scam Ever?

While cleaning up some old paper recently, I came across an EMail that I'd printed out back in 2009. It appears that I then promptly forgot about it, which is a shame because this is probably the most hilariously-inept "phishing" scam that I have ever encountered.

Read on for the EMail. Warning: due to choking hazard, do not read while consuming food or beverages (or "C&C" for any Usenet old-timers out there).

Subject: Confirm Your UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK Webmail Account in Order To Avoid Closure From: "UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK" <mrshellendavid02@hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:17:32 -0600 To: accountterm@unb.ca

DEAR UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK webmail holders,

This is a message from the UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK Message Center for Communication to all our UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK Webmail owners.

We are currently working on our database e-mail Account Users.We are delecting all old unused webmail Account User For more space for new users.

To prevent Your Account not to be delected from our database your are advised to confirm your University webmail account immediately.

Submit Your Accoint Informations below

Internet address .................... Username :........................... Password ............................ Date of birth: ...................... Country or territory: ...............

Warning! E-mail owners who refuse to submite their E-mail Account details , we will short down your email Account within seven days from the date of receipt of this Warning loses Webmail Account permanetly.

Thank you,

UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK Webmail Team

Confirm Your UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK Webmail Account in Order To Avoid Closure

EMail scammers aren't exactly exactly know for their literacy skills (E.g. supposed Nigerian royalty who can't spell "Nigeria" correctly), but this makes the output from Google Translate look good. Not only that, but this budding "phisherman" was too lazy to even setup a web form somewhere (or simply didn't know how). Instead, he expected people to manually EMail their login details... to a Hotmail account. Brilliant.






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