Um, Okay

Mon, May 17 2010

So I signed into my e-mail today to see this message from Linkworth, a site I use to make money online.

We’ve been notified of phishing emails that are being sent that appear to come from support@linkworth.com. The email in question looked like this:

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Dear Customer,

This e-mail was send by linkworth.com to notify you that we have temporanly prevented access to your account.

We have reasons to beleive that your account may have been accessed by someone else. Please run this file and Follow instructions:

[Spammy Link to Zip File Removed]

(C) linkworth.com
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The only reason a message would be sent to you regarding access to your account is if the account holder themselves requested to change the password. If there is ever a question, just go straight to LinkWorth.com and login to your account directly or open a ticket at support@linkworth.com.

If you receive other type emails, please report them to admin@linkworth.com and we’ll create a list of the emails to ensure it protects everyone.

Regards,
LinkWorth

Now, can we tell this is spam? No? Here’s a few thoughts of my own:

• It’s spelled “believe”
• Way to try to get me to download a Zip file from some unknown site
• Way to bypass my anti-virus program by breaking up the link with spaces
• Really? Come on! We’re not that stupid.

A quick Google Search shows that I am not the only one to receive this e-mail.

So, just in case you didn’t know, the e-mail warning us of phishing e-mails is a scam. You know what else is a scam? PayingPost. Jenn has been blogging about her experience and it sucks. )=