So today I got this email and it made me giggle a bit. I certainly hope there aren't too many people out there foolish enough to fall for something like this.
"This email is from hotmail Customer Care Center and we are sending it to every hotmail email User Accounts Owner for there safety. we are having congestion due to the anonymous registration of Hotmailaccounts so we are shutting down some hotmail accounts and your account was among those to be deleted.We are sending you this email so that you can verify and let us know if you still want to use this account.If you are still interested please confirm your account by filling the space below.Your User name,password,date of birth and your country information would be needed to verify your account.
Due to the congestion in all Hotmail users and removal of all unused Hotmail Accounts,Hotmail would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your login Information below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended within 72 hours for security reasons.
VERIFY YOUR ACCOUNT NOW!!!
Hotmail ID :
Alternative Email:
Password :
Your Birthday :
Your Country or Territory :
Enter the letter from the Security Image :
Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account before two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.
©2011 Microsoft Corporation Privacy Use enhanced security (SSL) Help Central Feedback"
Anyways, I thought it might be amusing to share our favorite phishing attempts. Anyone else got some doozies?
"This email is from hotmail Customer Care Center and we are sending it to every hotmail email User Accounts Owner for there safety. we are having congestion due to the anonymous registration of Hotmailaccounts so we are shutting down some hotmail accounts and your account was among those to be deleted.We are sending you this email so that you can verify and let us know if you still want to use this account.If you are still interested please confirm your account by filling the space below.Your User name,password,date of birth and your country information would be needed to verify your account.
Due to the congestion in all Hotmail users and removal of all unused Hotmail Accounts,Hotmail would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your login Information below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended within 72 hours for security reasons.
VERIFY YOUR ACCOUNT NOW!!!
Hotmail ID :
Alternative Email:
Password :
Your Birthday :
Your Country or Territory :
Enter the letter from the Security Image :
Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account before two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.
©2011 Microsoft Corporation Privacy Use enhanced security (SSL) Help Central Feedback"
Anyways, I thought it might be amusing to share our favorite phishing attempts. Anyone else got some doozies?
