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Fun with an internet scammer

TG123

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I had this guy email me claiming to represent Hotmail and asking me for my personal info (ie login password, name, date of birth). It was too tempting to pass up. Enjoy.

He said:

From: harvey_ethel@hotmail.com
To: my email
Subject: RE: E-mail Will Be Closed
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 01:22:12 +0000

Dear Account User,



This message is from our data base center to all free Hotmail account owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center. We are deleting all unused accounts to create more space for new accounts. To prevent your account from closing, you will have to update it below so we will know that it's a presently used account. To do this, You have to click on your reply button to reply back to this message and then you fill the information below.







* Username : ……………………..
* Password: ……………………….
* Date of Birth: ………………………
* Country Or Territory: ……………

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After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconveniences.


Sincerely,
[FONT=arial,sans-serif]The Windows Live Hot mail Team[/FONT]




I said:

From: my email
To: harvey_ethel@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: E-mail Will Be Closed
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:09:17 -0500

I already gave you my information, do you want it again?

OK

Username: Born Before Yesterday
Password: Try Fooling Someone Else
Date of Birth: Refer to User Name
Country or Territory: Don't Worry About It, You Wouldn't Be Able to Find in on a Map Anyways



PS It's spelled "Hotmail" not "Hot mail". Go back to scammer school, you need some tutoring.
PSS At least you spelled "hot" and "mail" correctly. Congratulations.
 

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Be careful that you didn't get a virus by clicking on anything.
No, I just emailed him back. There were no links in the email, he just believed he was going to get someone who would be gullible enough to share this info with him, and unfortunately for him he got me.
 
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chris4243

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No, I just emailed him back. There were no links in the email, he just believed he was going to get someone who would be gullible enough to share this info with him, and unfortunately for him he got me.

You do know that a lot of the time spammers just want to know which are the active accounts so that they can focus their spamming efforts on them?
 
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