Nonsequittal Rumblings

Aaaah, yes, I finally got first phishing e-mail in one of the inboxes I use. Yup, it was very deceptive at first glance. It had CitiBank logo. The e-mail said it was sent from CitiBank. It says “Recently there have been a large number of identity theft attempts targeting CitiBank customers.” (And now that I typed it up, I notice a few grammatical errors, that should have given away that it’s not official…)

Then, I read on to the sentense that said “In order to safeguard your account, we require that you confirm your banking details. This process is mandatory…” Wait a sec! Mandatory? Hm. We don’t have CitiBank account using this inbox. That raised my suspicion. Then I saw the e-mail title – “CitiBank – 0fficial Information”. Did anyone catch that? Yes, that “0” is not “O”. Then the whole thing broke loose. The message I was reading was not written. It was all an image with the text on it. Clicking on what it looks like a legit CitiBank website URL won’t take me to CitiBank site, it will go to some phishing server. Blah.

Well, I’m glad I caught myself.

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