Die, phishers, die!

[neadods]

I keep getting that paypal "you have just bought a $700 computer from Dell, go pay" phishing email. Guys, I didn't fall for it the first 87 times, and I'm not going to suddenly have a brain fart and fall for it now, even if you're trying 3 times a day.

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[tiggerallyn.livejournal.com]

I much prefer the ones that look like a PayPal invoice telling me that so-and-so has received my payment of, say, $450.31 for my brand new cellphone. On an e-mail address I've never even registered with PayPal.

Methinks P.T. Barnum was too kind.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I haven't entirely figured out how that one is supposed to work. Are you supposed to hit all the phishing links screaming "I need that money back"?

Although for sheer amusement, there was the time I was getting hard spammed with the ebay phishing one when I was also in a couple of active auctions. So my inbox looked like this!

Your bid has been accepted
Your account on ebay will be suspended
You have been outbid
Click here to keep your account from being suspended
Your bid has been accepted
Ebay service has been discontinued
You have won!

[scarlettgirl.livejournal.com]

I just got one that said if I don't re-enter my account info my account would be suspended as of February 30.

I mean, if you're going to run a scam, don't be a *complete* dumbass.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

These things are translated into English from Urdu or Nepalese or something, I swear.

[nycdeb.livejournal.com]

I'm wondering why they think that I shall suddenly fall for the middle management man who has discovered unclaimed millions while working at ACME BANK in Nigeria. And who, despite having found the money all by himself, wants to share it with me.

On the odd occasion when it isn't this bank employee, it is the cunning widow of a third world career military man who KNOWS a banker who wants to help her share with me the money her husband stashed away before he was tragically killed in the fighting we must have all read about (according to the detailed and phonetically spelled email).

Someone MUST answer these or surely they would stop using them, right? The real question is - who are the people who answer them?