Today's Fun Spam Email

I've posted a couple of times on email spam I've received and surprisingly got feedback from people who almost were suckered by the spam but found my post in a Google search and saved themselves a lot of trouble. As a good public servant, I may just make this a periodic feature on the site.

Today's entry is a phishing scheme which purportedly comes from the Kauai Federal Credit Union (which is a legitimate institution):

Congratulations!

Dear Customer,

You've been selected to take part in our quick and easy survey. In return we will credit $90.00 to your account - Just for your time!

Please spare two minutes of your time and take part in our online survey so we can improve our services.

Don't miss this chance to change something.

To continue click on the link below:
http://63.138.220.190:84/kcfcusurv/kcfcusurv/

© Copyright © Kauai Community FCU 2008

N.A. Member FDIC

Wow - $90 just for my time, and of course, my personal information which will be used to make the bad guys a lot of money (and of course, I'll never get the $90). And you'll notice the URL - it doesn't look like anything you'd see from a legitimate bank.

I visited Kauai a couple of years ago, but that's the only connection I've ever had to the garden isle. I always get a kick out of these phishing emails which appear to come from financial institutions. They probably send out millions of these, and yet the chances of actually hitting a person who banks at this institution is probably pretty slim. I get them all the time from all kinds of banks and investment firms.

My own bank (which will remain unnamed) recently underwent a name change and some creative spammer sent out a phishing email which hit many customers of this bank and apparently caused some problems. Timing is everything.