ragani | Idiot Tax

A piece of spam that arrived in my inbox this morning defied any logic, so much so that it made me laugh at the level of stupidity.

DEAR Citibank_Online Card-holders,

Thiss _email_ was seent by the_ _citibank sevrers to
veerify your_ E_Mail adderss_.
You mustt cmtepole this peosrcs by clicking on _the link
beloww and enntering in the litlle window_ your Citi-Bank
Atm/Debit full_card_nummber and pin that you use_ on local Atm Machine.
This_is _done_ for_your poetrction -y- becaurse some_of our
memmbers no lgneor have acsces to their email adeesrdss
and we must verify it.

http://citi.org:%62%65%68%52%6b%675%76%5a%4c%42%58%5a%52%49@%6d%
71%71%6b%639%72%66%64%2e%44%41%2e%52%75/%3f7%51%54%63%48%69

To veerify _your_ _email_ adress and acces your_ Citicards
account, klick on the_link _below_.

AxGUwkRxdpTrTBMZG

How stupid do they think we are! Even aside from the lame spelling crap, I would hope everyone knows not to give one's ATM/Debit card number, and especially a pin number out. Sadly, there probably are people who do fall for this kind of spam, which is a good example of the idiot tax in action.

I was reminded of a recent article

terpsichoros posted the other day about all those Nigerian spams that seem to show up with regularity. I am glad to see that some people are having fun with these numerous inbox fillers, and even offering some minor fame and glory for digging through your bulk email folder.