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just received this dumbass e-mail, sent to an e-mail address I haven't used for any official transactions for more than 3 years, from a bank where I've never had an account:
We recently received a request from one jewelry shop in WorldTradePlazza Barcelona / SPAIN to enable the charge of $249,65, on your Visa Debit Card.
THE PAYMENT IS PENDING FOR THE MOMENT.
If the purchase was made by yourself, please ignore or remove this email message.
If you authorize the purchase, the billing will be assumed as an Exception Payment motivated by our Geographical Tracking System. As a result you will be personally contacted by one of our security departments.
If the purchase was not made by you and would like to decline the $249,65 billing to your card, quick-login to your account to decline the transaction: (button: Quick Log in to my acount) -------------- the linked-to page looks almost identical to a real SunTrust sign-in page--except there is an Asian model pictured and all the links on the page are dead--except of course the spaces for username and password. I tried to enter FUCKYOU as username and BITEME as password but somehow it knew these were invalid.
Anybody stupid enough to fall for this--well, a fool and his/her money are soon parted, right? If it appeared to come from the bank where I really do have a VISA debit card, I'd call the bank, not enter my password on a web page with URL made up of numbers.
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