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Frog:
We've all seen it at some point or another, but I thought that I'd share the fourth attempt in the last few weeks to convince me to give up my personal information.
The first three informed me that I would lose my service as they were updating and re-configuring their goodies and just needed my info so that I would continue to receive service!

Today, I got this lame attempt.

Dear Astound.net Webmail User,


This message is from Astound.net technical guide team, we
are really sorry for any inconvenience that we making you
pass through right now, we are having some problems with our
database due to our recent upgrade and we can't find your
data, please we need to rectify this problem as soon as
possible if not you won’t be able to send or receive email
with your mail address.

Please fill the form below so that we can rectify this
problem as soon as possible and send it back to us.

EMAIL   :..................
USERNAME:..................
PASSWORD:..................
CONFIRM PASSWORD:..................

NOTE: Your data and information will not be interfered with
or tampered. We will just record your data back into our
data base within 24hours. You will be compensated for all
inconvenience.

Thank you for using Astound.net services

Technical guide for Astound.net webmail services.

squeezee:
 ;) I'm convinced.

ftembroidery:
Much better grammar than most attempts to get sensitive information and/or money.

tpitman:
Over the years I've gotten a couple of emails from my "bank" requesting personal information for "confirmation" or some such bs. The email piece, or the site from a link in the email, looked exactly like the bank's homepage, but with the missing "s" in the "https" part of the address signifying a secured site. I'm sure there were more than a few who responded without noticing that particular nugget.

screenxpress:

--- Quote from: ftembroidery on October 09, 2011, 07:31:23 PM ---Much better grammar than most attempts to get sensitive information and/or money.

--- End quote ---

Maybe.  Looked pretty weak on sentence structure and content.

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