Saturday, December 29, 2007

Do I look like an idiot?

I've gotten this email from "Bank of America" numerous times before. Of course, it's not actually from Bank of America, but rather, most likely, from some kid in Nigeria trying to steal my account information so he can steal what money I have in the account (as well as other assets I'm sure).

This is how the email reads:

"Your Online Banking is Blocked

Because of unusual number of invalid login attempts on you account, we had to believe that, their might be some security problem on you account. So we have decided to put an extra verification process to ensure your identity and your account security. Please click on sign in to Online Banking to continue to the verification process and ensure your account security. It is all about your security. Thank you, and visit the customer service section."

Seriously, how stupid do you think I am? I've probably gotten this email ten times over the past year. It's always exactly the same. It's been my experience that a large number of Bank of America tellers are less than perfect in their ability to communicate the English language (to put it nicely), but I have to doubt that an official notice from Bank of America would confuse "their" and "there".

And as if it wasn't obviously a scam just from a cursory glance, when you drag your mouse over the "sign in to Online Banking" link, you realize that it points you to a page called "dardasha.net"... Really, how can anyone fall for this?