A phishing email so bad it was funny, and why I'm glad I spotted it

I was going through my email last Tuesday when a message popped up claiming to be from my bank. The spelling mistakes were so obvious, it read like a comedy script. I chuckled at how poorly made it was. On closer look, the sender address was a bunch of nonsense letters, nothing like the real bank's web address. I moved my cursor over the link inside, and it showed a weird URL that definitely wasn't right. This goofy event pushed me to start looking twice at any odd emails I get. Now I always check sender details before clicking anything. It's a simple step, but it really helps keep my accounts safe.

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irist585d ago

That sender address sounds like someone just mashed the keyboard. It's sad to think anyone might actually fall for that.

faith_palmer514d ago

Wired had an article on why bad phishing still works.