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I just got this email in my university account

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awp
EMAIL PASSWORD SCAM

The University of Guelph community has recently been victim to a series of phishing scams in which an individual posing as CCS support has requested email user ids and passwords. [sidenote: CCS is the group responsible for all the technology-related stuff eg email]

CCS WILL NEVER ASK YOU TO PROVIDE YOUR USER ID AND PASSWORD BY EMAIL.

The result of this phishing scam is that a number of University of Guelph email accounts have been compromised and a large volume of SPAM has been sent from these compromised accounts.

[...more...]

Grats you're in University lets all learn some common sense

something you should learn in grade school if you ask me.

I'd like to know how big this "a number of email accounts" number is though.
Saturos
This email is being sent out because you're bank account has been temporarily locked due to inconsistant activity. To release the lock, please respond to this email with your account information.

Once you do, $10,000,000 will be transferred to your account from my business overseas that is currently having trouble transferring to the States without sufficient funding. By allowing this, you are entitled to 40% of this money ($4,000,000).

You will also be sent penis enlarging herbal supplements for the next 5 years.
Topic Starter
awp
Derailing thread:

someone I know (efriend from none other than the planet of Australia) recently had a hilarious back-and-forth exchange with one of those Nigerian bank account scammers. I think they've been wiki'd; I'll have to check and post linx to it because it's pretty funny. It's a good 15 or so emails long, I think, and they gradually get more ridiculous.
MusicFan

awp wrote:

Derailing thread:

someone I know (efriend from none other than the planet of Australia) recently had a hilarious back-and-forth exchange with one of those Nigerian bank account scammers. I think they've been wiki'd; I'll have to check and post linx to it because it's pretty funny. It's a good 15 or so emails long, I think, and they gradually get more ridiculous.
I wait eagerly for the hilarity.
Topic Starter
awp
damn it they didn't post it time 4 harass
Loginer
lol nubs
BTW, does anyone here actually use their address from school? :/
chan

awp wrote:

Derailing thread:

someone I know (efriend from none other than the planet of Australia) recently had a hilarious back-and-forth exchange with one of those Nigerian bank account scammers. I think they've been wiki'd; I'll have to check and post linx to it because it's pretty funny. It's a good 15 or so emails long, I think, and they gradually get more ridiculous.
I remember seeing something like that in the news, where the people got the scammers to join their "nipple cult" and got them to send photos with red circles around their nipples. Or something.

I think this was brought up on "The Glass House" or "Chaser's War on Everything".
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