Pillocks...

[ffutures]

Oh deary me...

If you're going to try to scam me, at least have the courtesy to write your message in something approaching grammatical English. Just had a phishing e-mail purportedly from Amazon with at least three errors in it... Added italics to show them more clearly.

Dear Amazon member,

We regret to inform you that your Amazon account was been suspended for a period of 3-4 days,after that it will be terminated.
During our regularly schedule account maintenance and verification we have detected a slight error in your billing information on file with Amazon.
This might be due to either following reasons:


- A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address)
- Submitting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
- An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due an internal error within processors.




Your credit card on file with Amazon

Card number: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX (Not shown for security purposes) Expiration date: XX/XX


Please sign in to your Amazon account and update your billing information:



If your account information is not update, your account on Amazon will be terminated.

That's "has been", "either of the following reasons", and "not updated", idiots. There's also a little button labelled "activate now" (why "Activate?") which I initially thought was a link to their scamming site, but doesn't seem to be a link. I suspect it activates some sort of spyware.

Bozos.

Comments

[ouatic-7.livejournal.com]

The sad thing is it wouldn't surprise me much to see such errors in an official communication.

[booster17.livejournal.com]

I rather liked this one myself:


Dear Woolwich member,


Woolwich is commited to maintaining a safe environment for our customers. To protect the security of your account, Woolwich, employs some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our antifraud teams regulary screen the Woolwich banking system for unusual activity.

We are contacting you to remind you that on October 17, 2005 our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with Woolwich User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been compromised, access to your account was limited. Protecting the security of your account and of the Woolwich is our primary concern. Therefore, as a preventative measure, we have temporary limited access to sensitive account features. To restore youj account access, please take the following steps to ensure that your account has not been compromised:

Login to your Woolwich Internet Banking account. In case you are not enrolled for Internet Banking, you will have to fill in all the required information, including your name and your account number


Review your recent account history for any unauthorized withdrawals or deposits, and check your account profile to make sure that no changes were made. If any unauthorized activity has been taken on your account,
report this to Woolwich staff immediately.



To get started, please click the link below:
Log On for Internet Banking

Thank you for your promt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Sincerely,
Woolwich, Account Review Department

Best thing? I don't even have an account with the Woolwich.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

In a one-off message, maybe. In something pretending to be a standard form message, not a chance. They'd soon be told...

[ouatic-7.livejournal.com]

Maybe in your country.

My kid came home bitching yesterday how her AP history test was full of typos and bad grammar so I'm feeling negative.

[houses7177.livejournal.com]

Heh. I got one of these with Paypal. I promptly ignored it.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I get about five a day for paypal. Fortunately none of them come to the address I used when I registered my PayPal account...