Just got an email from Amazon, about the 50″ Plasma TV that I ordered from Tiger Direct… wait, I didn’t order a Plasma TV from Amazon. Or from Tiger Direct. Whew! It knows it might not be me:
If you are not aware of this item being bought on your Amazon.com account, Please visit the link below and
reactivate your account status:
It’s a phishing scam, obviously, but it’s an impressive one. Since most people have caught onto the “Your account has been suspended – log on to fix it!” scam, they’re one upped themselves… this one uses a lie within a lie to get you to click through to the mocked up Amazon login page.
My parents wouldn’t stand a chance.
You are tellin’ me, my parents too click on just about anything. The same goes for most users at my job.
I just saw one from PayPal that would fool a lot of people.
Keep up the good work.