Olga Wants Me!

Left: The photo that ‘Olga’ sent me. Right: Likely the ‘real’ Olga

The increasing sophistication of spammers constantly amazes me. This one, however, was the best yet. Not that I’d get sucked in to this phishing attempt, but the text was good enough that it got through to my ‘real’ email…and not just in to my spam folder.

Helo Steve,

My name is Olga. I am a 22 year old college student living by Moscow. I go to Bauman University (Moscow State University of Technology) and will be cumming to Minesota for a visit next month.

I have seen you on the internet and would very much like to meet you in person. Please email me or click this link: http://link-redacted.ru

Sweetly, Olga

Of course I didn’t click the link (and you NEVER should either*), but even as I write this I’m sort of stunned it arrived intact. Just goes to show you how careful we have to be when this crap is sent our way.

*What should you do? Hover over the link and look in the bottom of your browser window. You will see the REAL address they’re sending you to. The text for a hyperlink can be anything (e.g., Bank of America) but go to any URL. Don’t click on it…just delete the email.