The most stunningly inept phishing e-mail ever.

[maeveenroute]

Wow.  Just ... no.  Do they actually think this will convince anyone?

from: [address that doesn't exist@uchicago]
reply-to: [entirely different address@gmail, that bastion of credibility]

subject: Dear Uchicago.Edu Email Account Owner(WebNews Email Account Update)

MESSAGE FROM UCHICAGO.EDU

Dear Uchicago.Edu Email Account Owner.WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT WE

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So you think this is inept?

[anonymous]

What about this one: http://wordsmithing-in-oz.blogspot.com/2006/07/courted-by-idiot-31-may-2005.html

This is real. I found out later he sent this "emails" to a number of other translators.

Re: So you think this is inept?

[anonymous]

Oh, someone has been reading me :-D Yes, and this guy just kept writing and writing. Over 10 emails, each more incredibly idiotic than the one before.

We should start a World Catalogue of Inept Emails!

Sam Berner