# Worst phishing ever

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-phishing-ever/270819>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 23, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-phishing-ever/270819 "2004-10-23T22:47:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-phishing-ever/270819/1 "2004-10-23T22:47:15Z")

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I got this in my Yahoo bulk mail box.

> [@](#):
>
> De‮ra‬ Y‮ha‬oo! M‮bme‬er,
> 
> We mu‮ts‬ ch‮kce‬ th‮ta‬ y‮uo‬r Ya‮oh‬o! ID was r‮ige‬stered by re‮la‬ peop‮el‬. So, to h‮ple‬ Y‮!ooha‬ pr‮tneve‬ aut‮mo‬ated  
> re‮sig‬trations, ple‮sa‬e c‮cil‬k on t‮sih‬ li‮kn‬ and com‮etelp‬ co‮ed‬ verific‮ta‬ion pro‮sec‬s:
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> w޿w޳w‪.‎y޼a޸h‪oo‪.‪co޽m޶/?pCcLMkuEDpjEhUIEOzoOx2jv321dy02iavxVUR7z0RjWci0Wqk6a
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> T‮ah‬nk you

I know that misspellings are meant to thward spam filters but who could possibly fall for this? It is a bit funnier if you read it in a Yakov Smirnoff voice.

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**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-phishing-ever/270819/2 "2004-10-23T23:02:30Z")

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Geez, it looks like it’s written in Esperanto or something.