# New low in phishing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 22, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-low-in-phishing/780483 "2017-02-22T17:37:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-low-in-phishing/780483/1 "2017-02-22T17:37:33Z")
Well, maybe not a new low (the bar is pretty high [sic] on that), but pretty pathetic. This one purports to come from the Canada Revenue Agency and the link I am supposed to click on seems to be that (cra.ca), but the body of the message includes this gem: > [@](#): > > Confidentiality Note: The information contained in and transmitted with this communication is strictly confidential, is intended only for the use of the intended recipient, and is the property of Australian Taxation Office or its affiliates and subsidiaries. I They can’t even be bothered to change it for different countries. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-low-in-phishing/780483/2 "2017-02-23T02:41:49Z")
Australia, Canada? What’s the difference? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-low-in-phishing/780483/3 "2017-02-23T03:00:46Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Australia, Canada? What’s the difference? 😃 Think how much deadlier an Australian beaver would be. DROP BEAVER ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-low-in-phishing/780483/4 "2017-02-23T04:17:33Z")
With the bullshit our government is trying to pull at the moment to increase revenue it could well be the ATO sending it out. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-low-in-phishing/780483/5 "2017-02-23T04:17:46Z")
Or a genuine drop bear.:eek: Or a drop elk. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-low-in-phishing/780483/6 "2017-02-23T04:28:03Z")
> [@Celyn](#): > > Or a genuine drop bear.:eek: Or a drop elk. Don’t be ridiculous; elk have hooves and so cannot climb a tree in order to drop on their unwitting, maple-scented victims. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-low-in-phishing/780483/7 "2017-02-23T13:31:39Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > Think how much deadlier an Australian beaver would be. > DROP BEAVER A platypus? ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-low-in-phishing/780483/8 "2017-02-23T19:00:12Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > A platypus? …it’s been under our noses all along… ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-low-in-phishing/780483/9 "2017-02-23T22:14:30Z")
One thing a lot of Evil Folk like to do in emails is assert a copyright on the email. Partially to discourage people from reposting it online. And if you repost the email somewhere, they can issue takedown notices and possibly even sue for copyright infringement! But if a spammer says something is copyright some other entity, does the other company actually now own the copyright? Is the spammer violating copyright when they email their own messages? Can they still order takedown notices if you repost their email on a site such as ours? ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-low-in-phishing/780483/10 "2017-02-23T22:56:10Z")
Thing is, Canada already has [drop bears](https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic6.businessinsider.com%2Fimage%2F568d18d6e6183e23008b718b-480%2Fwrestling-a-bear.png&f=1)… What you have to really worry about are the drop moose, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-low-in-phishing/780483/11 "2017-02-23T23:08:40Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > What you have to really worry about are the drop moose, eh? I’d be more concerned about the [oversexed](http://www.morningnewsusa.com/moose-rapes-hunter-by-anal-sex-facts-to-know-23123073.html) ones.