Yahoo!'s spam filters are pretty good - I only get about three false negatives per day and about two false positives per week. I was cleaning out the junk mail folder when I noticed this one:
From: *Citibank-Online* (bobstayton@m3xico.com)Well, unless 'Bob Stayton' is the CEO or CIO, and he's running Citibank from Mexico, this is pretty clearly a scam. Just out of curiosity, I read the message - I wanted to see how good it looked (e.g., some of the fake PayPal and eBay "please go to this site and confirm your password" scam spams look pretty realistic).
To: "Parking" (parking_god@ya-etceteraetcetera-hoo.com)
All I can say is if you fall for this one, you pretty much deserve whatever you get:
_Dear_ _Citibank_ Card_holders,Posted by Chris at May 12, 2004 05:18 AM
_This EMAIL was ssent by t_he citi_bank _server to veerify _your E-MAIL addres. You must complete this process by clicking on_the_link _below_ and enntering in the smal _window_ your Citi-bank Atm_ Card number and _PIN_ that you use_ in local_Atm_Machine. This is donne for-your protection -Q- becourse some_of_our _members_ _no_longer have access to their email adresses and we must verify it.
www.yahoo.com/[string of random characters]
To verify _your E_Mail adress and accees _your Citibank_account, click on_the link below_.
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