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"Okay, spammers-in-training, in order to graduate to full-fledged phishing agents, you must pass a proofreading test! A recently-demoted phisher sent out the following, which was unsuccessful due to errors - can you tell me how many and what they are?"
From: Comcast [service9811@comcast.co]
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 3:10 PM
To: member 314712873
Subject: WARNING: Verify your Comcast account. (ID:17314712873)
Please read CAREFULLY.
Recently attempts to gain access to our database have been discovered the security department.
In order to maintain high security, the administrators have been assigned with the task to manually identify or clients.
You are required to complete the identification process which is mandatory at the moment.
If you ignored this email and your account will be blocked.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Comcast Team
"I see two, sir"
"And what are they?"
"The member number and ID number should have asterisks as the last four digits, so the customer can't tall it's not really their number!"
"Correct!"
(Much like aliens only appear to... people of dubious education living in not-permanent homes, phishers thankfully seem to all have a horrid grasp on the English language. Sadly, this doesn't make me assume they're not native English speakers...)
From: Comcast [service9811@comcast.co]
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 3:10 PM
To: member 314712873
Subject: WARNING: Verify your Comcast account. (ID:17314712873)
Please read CAREFULLY.
Recently attempts to gain access to our database have been discovered the security department.
In order to maintain high security, the administrators have been assigned with the task to manually identify or clients.
You are required to complete the identification process which is mandatory at the moment.
If you ignored this email and your account will be blocked.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Comcast Team
"I see two, sir"
"And what are they?"
"The member number and ID number should have asterisks as the last four digits, so the customer can't tall it's not really their number!"
"Correct!"
(Much like aliens only appear to... people of dubious education living in not-permanent homes, phishers thankfully seem to all have a horrid grasp on the English language. Sadly, this doesn't make me assume they're not native English speakers...)