You owe it to yourself to click here really.Originally Posted by Blitzen
Imageshack FTW!
Looks like even barclays use it!
That's quite possibly the poorest attempt at scamming someone out of something ever.
That said, the URL seems fairly legit, it's just the Imageshack thing that betrays it.
Not the "attempted to consume customers..."?
Consume? They want to eat their customers?
bad grammar also, littered with it
haha, Imageshack rocks!
Can you imagine how successful this kind of thing would be if someone smart did it?
That's what i don't understand, why is the grammar so damn poor?!
Can you imagine how successful this kind of thing would be if someone smart did it?
If it weren't for the hilarious spelling and grammar in these things, I'm sure most people would gormlessly follow the instruction, so long as there was a Barclays jpeg in the header.
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Ah, shame that. Oh so well thought out, using Imageshack to host the image...
Even with proper spelling and grammar, it'd still smell funny what with the decidedly informal tone and style of writing.
I'd see straight through this even if it was technically faultless and had proper spelling and grammar based on the language used, its simply not a professional way of writing.
But as has ben pointed out already, people would STILL fall for it like a brick.
Oh really?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6419975.stm
I've fallen for one of these. I was in that 11pm haze of needing sleep combined with being slightly drunk, one came through that was spelt correctly, looked very accurate, and like a sheep, I clicked on the link and entered my details. 5 seconds later I was fully awake and sober, and managed to phone up the bank and get my password reset, and, thank god, I didn't lose any money. Still, it did give me a shock. Everyone goes 'I wouldn't be that dumb', I did, but all it takes is one lapse of concentration.
I love it when I get those, especially when I don't actually bank with whichever bank they're trying to scam, lol
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