Gmail lad wants your logins and passwords

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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 8:11 am

Just got this from a Benin mugu. Please hit him with as many bogus usernames and passwords as you can, so he has plenty of fun and frolics using his internet cafe hours failing to log into anyone's accounts.

It's been reported and will be closed down, but it'd be good to make his attempts futile in the hours he has left.

Quote:

From: [email protected]
Subject: Warning!

Dear,

We need your help resolving an issue with your account. To give us time to work together on this, we've temporarily limited what you can do with your
email address until the issue is resolved.

We understand it may be frustrating not to have full access to your email account. We want to work with you to get your account back to normal as
quickly as possible.

What's the problem?

We want to check with you to make sure that no one has logged into your emails account without your permission.

Please take a moment to verify your password and confirm your security questions. You should also take a look at your account information and recent transactions. Make sure that your account information (address, phone number, etc.) hasn't changed and that you recognize all of your
recent transactions.

*User name:....?
*E-mail:....?
*Password:....?
*Date of Birth:....?
*Security question:....?
*Answer:....?
*Country Or Territory:....?

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after 7 days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

Sincerely.
E-mail! Account Services

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 1:28 pm

Not an uncommon phissing email, maybe report it the the phissing tank. Not sure if they would respond to being bated, but maybe worth a short - email them back and ask what features they have restricted - who attempted to log into your account etc

Elite Baiter Joined: 19 Jan 2009 Posts: 1440

Quote:

[email protected]

What exactly is he is asking for information for? An email account? I can't figure out what "ir service" might be.

In the meantime I'll send off a number of replies, just to give him something to keep him busy. Idle hands, you know. Very Happy

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 3:42 pm

Yes, very common phishing attempt, looking for access to email boxes. The difference is this is from a Benin lad I was baiting, and the CC list he stupidly included was pretty big. That's why I posted this here, to try to bury any genuine logins he might successfully phish under a torrent of useless timewasting crap. Hopefully enough failed login attempts will torment him further with captchas.

Elite Baiter Joined: 19 Jan 2009 Posts: 1440

A few sent!

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