Scam Combines Patriot Act FUD With IE Bug

LostCluster writes "CNET, Reuters, and the AP are all reporting this morning about a circulating e-mail scam that claims that people will lose their FDIC bank account insurance because they are suspected of violating the Patriot Act unless they confirm their bank account information with a website. The scammers then use the already documented bug in IE that allows a site in Pakistan to get 'www.fdic.gov' to appear in the URL bar. Where's an MS patch when we really need one?"

Comments

Obligatory SCO comment

[foo(foo(foo(bar)))]

I wonder why SCO isn't warning congress about Microsoft being a thread to national security and the economy.

I woud think that a bunch of us handing our info over to india might fall under both of those....

Re:Wow...

[LostCluster]

Either that, or he's predicting the outcome of a war that's been threatened for years but hasn't happened yet...

Why this is not a big deal

[deacon]

Because I am reading my mail in Pine, with headers turned on, so I see all the false links and other standard spammer bullshit.

Because I only communicate with banks by snail mail or the telephone. The amount of money in the bank is too important to be left to an insecure transmission medium (yes, I mean email)

Because I am using mozilla, and so all the pinheaded hacks aimed at Internet Exploder just bounce off.

Because I will never act upon information I get from an email from an unknown person.

Oh yes, spammers, I do forward your fraudelent emails to the abuse department of the bank involved. Since you put the banks' real URL inside your spam, and since I see that in Pine, I have no problem going to the banks real website and submitting your crap.

By the way, did you know that it takes harvesting 35 spammers to collect the 4 lbs of brains to make Spammer Brain Stew? (Serves 4)

Recipe:

Spammer Brains Stew Recipe

* 2 slices bacon, diced * 3 tablespoons flour * 1 teaspoon salt * 1/2 teaspoon pepper * pinch cayenne * 1 (4-lb) Spammer Brains, cut up (with testicles if desired) * 3 onions, thinly sliced * 4 tomatoes, chopped * 1 red bell pepper, chopped * 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme * 2 cups lima beans, fresh * 2 cups corn kernels * 1/2 cup okra, sliced * 2 tablespoons chopped parsley * 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

Cook bacon in its own fat until rendered. Remove the bacon bits and set aside. Combine flour, salt, pepper and cayenne and dredge the brains. Peel the testicles. Brown the pieces in the rendered fat with the onions. Add 1 1/2 cups boiling water, tomatoes, red pepper and thyme to Crock Pot with meat. Cover and cook Spammer Brain Stew on LOW 6 to 8 hours. Add remaining ingredients including reserved bacon, cover and cook Spammer Brain stew on HIGH 25 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

Re:Wow...

[be-fan]

Your parsing of the original posters comment makes no sense. So what if it used to be part of India at one time, it is not part of India now. Is Texas interchangable with Mexico because they once used to be a part of the same country?