I get more spam :)

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I just received this phishing letter, I liked it simply because it was so remarkably brazen:

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Dear Webmail User,

This message was sent automatically by a program on Webmail which periodically checks the size of inbox, where new messages are received. The program is run weekly to ensure no one's inbox grows too large. If your inbox becomes too large, you will be unable to receive new email.

Just before this message was sent, you had 18 Megabytes (MB) or more of messages stored in your inbox on Webmail. To help us re-set your SPACE on our database prior to maintain our INBOX, you must reply

to this e-mail and enter your Current UserID: ( ) and

Password ( ) Select server ( ) if any

You will continue to receive this warning message periodically if your

inbox size continues to be between 18 and 20 MB. If your inbox size grows

to 20 MB, then a program on Webmail will move your oldest

email to a folder in your home directory to ensure that you will

continue to be able to receive incoming email. You will be notified by email

that this has taken place. If your inbox grows to 25 MB, you will be unable to

receive new email as it will be returned to the sender.After you read a

message, it is best to REPLY and SAVE it to another folder.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Webmail Help Desk

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The email was in plain text from “Webmail Service Support [general@3web.net]” (I don’t feel bad about including their real email address on a post on the web, after all they deserve to get spam, right?

 

As I said, I thought it was remarkably brazen and very low budget.  Why bother trying to set up a domain when you can get the victim to send you their credentials by email :).

Comments

  • Anonymous
    November 21, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    November 21, 2008
    The scary part is that these things work remakably well.

  • Anonymous
    November 21, 2008
    I'm surprised they didn't also try: "... or simply include your CC number, expiration date, and security code and we'll double your available inbox space for only $19.95!"

  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2008
    3web is a real ISP in Canada (which was eventually purchased by Cybersurf) and mailboxes for those users were indeed @3web.net (my uncle still has one).  In this case, it was simply a matter of creating a mailbox that sounded official enough, but hadn't already been claimed by 3web staff.

  • Oli

  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2008
    Perhaps it's not really spam - in the past people have accidentally used my email address for services which then sent me administrative notices about attempted password resets, eventual change of email address, etc.

  • Anonymous
    November 24, 2008
    > you must reply to this e-mail Is the reply-to address also a 3web address?

  • Anonymous
    November 24, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    December 18, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    January 14, 2009
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  • Anonymous
    January 29, 2009
    This is like sending "Low Battery" messages to guys with pagers, Nick. Aaah, I miss the pagers!