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"Update your Skype account informations" phisher gets his due

On Tuesday while flying out to the Internet Telephony East Expo in Miami Beach, this gem landed in my Comcast email box.My first impression was a three-parter:How in the hell did this get through?
Written by Russell Shaw, Contributor

On Tuesday while flying out to the Internet Telephony East Expo in Miami Beach, this gem landed in my Comcast email box.

My first impression was a three-parter:

  1. How in the hell did this get through? Comcast email has a decent (I didn't say very good, I said decent) filter.
  2. Who is this dumbass and where is he from? Is he doing the bidding of some rich guy in a dacha, or is he simply a college kid logging on from some Internet cafe in a dusty place where the chants from the bazaar can be heard from the street outside?
  3. Who would fall for this moo goo ?

Indulging my curiosity- but not my common sense- I went to"Click here" and did just that.

And then here's part of the page that came up.

Hey loser, I have some "informations" for you. Skype users are too smart to fall for your phishing attempts. Find some other fools.

That's what you get when you phishing.

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