Epic phisher phail
I just got what may be the most inept phishing e-mail I've ever seen. And I'm going to quote it below just to show how absolutely mind-bogglingly bad it is.
From: info.accountwebupdate@googlemail.com
Subject: WebNews Email Account Update
Date: April 25, 2008 10:41:02 AM EDT
To: "undisclosed-recipients:"@smtp.ksu.edu.sa
Reply-To: info.accountwebupdate@googlemail.com
Dear uga.edu Webmail Subscriber,
This message is from uga.edu messaging center to all uga.edu email account owners. On Fri, April 25th, 2008, from 3:00 PM until 9:00 PM, all Mailhub systems will undergo regularly scheduled maintenance. Access to your e-mail via the mail client will be unavailable for some time during this maintenance window. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center - see homepage. We are deleting all uga.edu email account to create more space for new accounts.
To complete your uga.edu Webmail account, you must reply to this email immediately and enter your password here (********) Failure to do this will immediately render your emailaddresshere(**********)deactivated from our database.
You can also confirm your email address by logging into your uga.edu account at http://webmail.uga.edu/
Thank you for using THE uga.eduu TEAM"
---- Msg sent via KSU Webmail - http://atmail.com/
Let's see... what all is wrong here?
- Yeah, I think UGA's administrators would send official correspondence from a Gmail account. Riiiight.
- And they'd send it via KSU Webmail, no less.
- And judging from the "To" line, the KSU in question is King Saud University in Saudi Arabia.
- And last, but definitely not least, the only thing on UGA's homepage ("see homepage", right?) about this is... a scam warning.
Seriously, scammers? Don't quit your day job.