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Wiki Scam

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Someone from the IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX has registered the account “XXX” with this e-mail address on the English Wikipedia.

To confirm that this user account really does belong to you and to activate e-mail features on Wikipedia, please open this URL in your browser:

xxx

If you did not recently register for Wikipedia (or if you registered with a different e-mail address),

click the following link to cancel the confirmation:

xxx

This confirmation e-mail will automatically expire at Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:50:19 -0300

xxx

There is a really aggressive phishing scam trying to trick Wikipedia users.   Received tons of such emails in a day alone.

Written by Scam Busters

July 1, 2010 at 1:54 pm

Posted in Wiki Scam

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Wiki Scam

with one comment

Someone from the IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX has registered the account “XXX” with this e-mail address on the English Wikipedia.

To confirm that this user account really does belong to you and to activate e-mail features on Wikipedia, please open this URL in your browser:

xxx

If you did not recently register for Wikipedia (or if you registered with a different e-mail address),

click the following link to cancel the confirmation:

xxx

This confirmation e-mail will automatically expire at Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:50:19 -0300

xxx

There is a really aggressive phishing scam trying to trick Wikipedia users.   Received tons of such emails in a day alone.

Written by Scam Busters

July 1, 2010 at 1:54 pm

Posted in Wiki Scam

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