NationStates Jolt Archive

Check it out. I just got this.


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We are contacting you to remind you that on Dec. 18, 2004 our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with SouthTrust's User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been compromised, access to your account was limited. Your account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved. We encourage you to log in and perform the steps necessary to restore your account access as soon as possible. Allowing your account access to remain limited for an extended period of time may result in further limitations on the use of your account and possible account closure.Visit now Online Banking page and perform verification process: Log In to Online Banking Page


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Now, what I want to know, is anyone actually retarded enough to fall for this?

hell i got like 6 o those from different "companies" sayin the same thing

Check it out. I just got this.

Now, what I want to know, is anyone actually retarded enough to fall for this?

Well sadly they do.

They primarily hit the elderly.

Well sadly they do.

They primarily hit the elderly.

I'm thinking of responding to the email addy they gave me with a bunch of shit, and winding them up for a few days.

Definitely! When someone gets one of these they should go out of there way to fuck with/back hack the bastards! I got one claiming that my Ebay info needed to be updated. I almost fell for it beacuase it was so slick, but quickly realized something was fishy and contacted Ebay to report the scam. Unfortunately there are a hell of a lot of people who use the Internet that are just too damn easily suckered. Like the people who say "but I read it online, so it must be true. Right?" Christ humanity scares me sometimes!

How would that work? Would they ask for your account number or something?

How would that work? Would they ask for your account number or something?

Yes, they give you a link. You then "verify" your financial information with them so they can "re-activate" your bank account.

I thought of just sending them a bunch of fake crap back, to make them waste their time. (And possibly alert people to what they are doing.)

Curiously enough, they seem to based out of Germany.

I see, I had read something about that stuff.

Hell, they might have gotten me, if I had any money to lose.

Would have pissed 'em off, to get someone to fall for it and still not get any money.

Personally my favourite scams are the ones involving exiled high ranking African polititions/generals who have billions tied up in an African bank, if only someone could give them access to a western account they could get at the money.

Im so sick of being emailed by the ex minister of finances of Liberia who wants to send 50 million dollars to the US because of civil war and needs my ass cuz hes too lazy to put it in a suitcase and take it with him...

hmm I have an account that has -€10 in it they can have that. :p