I LOVE spam. No, not the kind selling Vai_egg_Ra, but the phishing kind. I received two very important messages from Ebay and Paypal today. I’ve copied the text below with audio transcripts of the author at the time of writing inserted:

“We inform you that your information is managed and viewed by our specialists of security department during all time of your activity on your personal account with PayPal. According to our verifications, there was a mistake in your personal data entered when card being registered as the payment method, and now your card can’t be charged for your payments. Your identification data is stored in safe place. [snicker, snicker] An information about account of seller can be found by means of using your credit or debit card with active validity and an account informaton should be verificated too. In case of automatic payments, credit or debit card is normally charged in 5-7 days after receiving of the invoice. Please also be kindly noted, that your necessary information must be confirmed as well. [hee, hee]

Be sure, you’ve made right choice paying attention to this matter. Sorry for any inconveniences but we would like you to understand that it is just a safe way of your account protection. Please understand that this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account. [giggle, giggle - get stupid american that will]”

Amazingly, it does. All the same, I love reading this stuff.

DISCLAIMER: IF YOU ARE TEMPTED TO FOLLOW THE ADVISE OF THE ABOVE QUOTED EMAIL, TRUE AND ITS PARTNERS ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER FOR YOUR CONTINUED ONLINE SAFETY. IN ORDER TO ASSURE YOUR CONTINUED SAFETY, PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION FOR IDENTITY THIEVES’ PROTECTION.