OT: Even More Proof

[jeffel]

This is classic.

I recently got a very similar one which I thought was pretty slick.

It looked like it came from my ISP.

The text read something like

Our Virus filters have detected a large number of viruses coming from your account.

Please download the <link> virus checker availiable for free from Earthlink.

I still wonder how many unsuspecting fools they caught with that one.

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The other one I really liked was the one that purported to be from the FBI. It said I was being investigated and that I should open the attached file for information on why.

In the attachment window of my mail reader it looked like the name was "Indictment.txt".

Curious as to what was being attempted, I looked deeper. The name was "Indictment.txt" followed by about 100 instances of a blank character (not space) and then a .exe

I do have to wonder how many people are still being fooled by these.