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With phishers this dumb, need we really worry?
LockedAside from the obvious spelling errors, the obvious fact that this was sent to multiple addresses, and the poorly hidden link re-direction, note that the alleged “problem” will not occur until [b]next[/b] week!
This reminds me of a recent incident in which a would be thief locked himself into the trunk of the car that he was ransacking.
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