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This month's award for the most pathetic attempt to masquerade as legitimate email goes to someuser. Way to go, buddy. Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 18:22:50 -0500 From: "Yahoo!_" Add to Address Book To: "Bradshimmin" Subject: Your_ Yahoo_ @CCOUNT ([email protected])...
April 19, 2004

This month's award for the most pathetic attempt to masquerade as legitimate email goes to someuser. Way to go, buddy.

Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 18:22:50 -0500
From: "Yahoo!_" Add to Address Book
To: "Bradshimmin"
Subject: Your_ Yahoo_ @CCOUNT ([email protected])

DEAR Y@HOO C|ient,

_This_ letter INF0RM you that your_ YAHO0 account* ([email protected])
_will_ be _blocked_ _after_ 17 days` (_as_ after autoomateed reegisttration) _if_ You wi|l
not s!gnup 0N YAHOO white _list_ (to s1gnup - c|ick HERE: http://Bradshimmin.yahoo.com/)

This is D0NE beecause we* update now` Y@HOO N0T autoomateed reegistered user_ids.

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