Phishing on Thanksgiving

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by Shadowchaser, Nov 22, 2007.

  1. Shadowchaser

    Shadowchaser A Really Great Guy

    Look here, they don't even stop for a holiday like Thanksgiving. Check out what I found in my email this morning:

    Dear Regions customer,
    We are currently performing regular maintenance of our security measures for online banking and customer databases.
    We apologize for the inconvenience but your account was randomly selected for verification and you'll be taken through a short authentication process.
    To start now please click here.

    Please note! If we don't recieve the appropriate account verification within 24 hours since you've got this email your online access can be suspended until further notice. The purpose of this verification is to ensure your account has not been fraudulently used and you're not a victim of identity theft.

    Thank you for understanding and helping us improve.

    Equal Housing LenderMember FDIC© Copyright 2007 Regions Financial Corporation1-800-REGIONS



    The nerve of such people!
     
  2. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    They're trying to catch some phish for dinner!

    :D
     
  3. Cat_w_9_lives

    Cat_w_9_lives Major KittyCat

    LMBO, good one!
     
  4. Lev

    Lev MajorGeek

    They know everyone is reading their email while they are half-cut on Thanksgiving and hoping they will just automatically reply without thinking.

    Good job they have to get up real early to catch you still sleeping hun ;)
     
  5. Colemanguy

    Colemanguy MajorGeek

    Or more likely :), its an automated spambot , not really knowing the date eah?
     

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