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This spammer is targeting especially dumb people

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kranky

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This is so far from believable, I have to wonder if this was someone's class project from an Intro to Spamming class. The sender, as it appeared in my inbox, was "Federal Reserve System". No suggestion of visiting a website, just a blatant "download this software". No stale, outdated software here... it was released "lately". 😛

New changes for Wire transfers
________________________________

Only for business and corporate accounts.

Dear corporate client, According to the new requirements of account safety, applied due to the frequent attacks, we strongly recommend you to install the Newest version of our system security update.

It was released lately and is available for downloading here. (Link removed)
________________________________

Best regards, Online security department, Federal Reserve System
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OP, your link is broken.

I keep clicking on "(Link removed)" and nothing is happening!! I need to be upated!

Come on bro, don't do this to me!!!!

:'(
 
Here's the thing, if only 1% of people fall for it think of how many they'll have.

And if you think only 1% will fall for it, it's WAY higher than that.
 
z1ggy said:
They, sure, do, like to use, commas.
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Yet the grammar is still correct.

-use a comma after "Dear <name>" when starting a letter sadfasd
-additional information is separate from the rest of the sentence using commas. appositive
-end the letter with some generic statement like "yours truly" followed by a comma. example
-use a comma or new line to separate department and organization names like "IT Support, Penis Inc"
 
z1ggy said:
They, sure, do, like to use, commas.
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...and Strangely capitalized Words.

ShawnD1 said:
Yet the grammar is still correct.

-use a comma after "Dear <name>" when starting a letter sadfasd
-additional information is separate from the rest of the sentence using commas. appositive
-end the letter with some generic statement like "yours truly" followed by a comma. example
-use a comma or new line to separate department and organization names like "IT Support, Penis Inc"
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The comma before "Applied" is absolutely wrong. The "additional information" includes the entire sentence up to that point.
 
CZroe said:
...and Strangely capitalized Words.



The comma before "Applied" is absolutely wrong. The "additional information" includes the entire sentence up to that point.
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original sentence:
According to the new requirements of account safety, applied due to the frequent attacks, we strongly recommend you to install the Newest version of our system security update.

The bolded parts are the main parts of the sentence. The unbolded part is additional information. Just change some of the words so it sounds less Chinese...
According Due to the new requirements of for account safety security we strongly recommend you to install the newest version of our system security update.

"applied due to the frequent attacks" is a perfect example of how to use apposition. Other examples:
John and Bob, both friends of mine, are starting a band.
Barry Goldwater, the junior senator from Arizona, received the Republican nomination in 1964.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apposition
 
What's interesting is that old documents are filled with apposition. Maybe people just cared a lot more about reading and writing English back then.

http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#Am2
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

OH MAH GAWD THOSE HACK WRITERS. So many god damn commas. Maybe the US constitution was actually written by Nigerian scammers D:

The wording of this one is really weird. "Being necessary to the security of a free state" seems like it's tacked on information related to the purpose of a militia. "The right of the people to keep and bear arms" seems like it might also be tacked on almost like it's some kind of definition for the word militia. The root sentence might be:
A well regulated militia shall not be infringed. The purpose of the militia is that it is necessary to the security of a free state. A militia is the right of the people to keep and bear arms.


Oh and did you know it's against the law to set bail to an unreasonably large amount?
Amendment 8:
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
 
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