[plug] Just got a real nice bit of spam

[Quintin Lette]

On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 11:03 pm, William Kenworthy wrote:
> Just got a real nice bit of spam:
>
> from admins at commonwealthbank.com which says they have updated their
> secure server and can I please go to this (real commonwealth) address
> and log in, or use this (commbank lookalike) dialog for convenience and
> reactivate the account - so your account name and password goes off to
> 3Dwizards in florida (or so whois says!)
>
> Getting real inventive!
>
> BillK
>
> *Ive emailed commbank, but I doubt its authentic, and not sure if they
> would show much interest anyway!

Obviously someone took it seriously as the webhosting account has already been 
suspended (I had to look at the link just to see how authentic it looks :P)

It would have also probably fooled most people that got it, as apart from the 
link that goes somewhere else, it looks reasonably authentic (ish)

Quintin