Clever Phishing Email

I got this email this morning, it made me flinch.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
United States Department of the Treasury

Dear Taxpayer,

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal
activity we have determined that you are eligible
to receive a tax refund of $184.80.

Please submit the tax refund request and allow us
6-9 days in order to process it.

A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons.
For example submitting invalid records or applying
after the deadline.

To access the form for your tax refund, use the following personalized link:

http://0×7C.0×3.0×3A.[part removed]/www.irs.gov/taxrefund.php

Regards,
Internal Revenue Service

Document Reference: (0×7C.0×3.0×3A.0×85).

As you can see it’s a fake link but clearly this was sent at the perfect time, and I’m sure some unsuspecting people are getting owned by this. I didn’t go to the page but it’s not a stretch to think that you’d ‘just have to put in all your personal information like bank account information so we can transfer you your money.’ Really scary. I sent it in to google’s Phishing peeps.

Yo, Yo, I’m a Cowboy Now - Quick Study

I have been trying for some time to track down a recording from the mid-1990s. A couple of Russian-born conceptual artists had determined, via a poll of listeners, what the most unappealing kinds of music were — then created a piece embodying all of them. For example, people hate songs about holidays, choirs, and kids singing. So there was a passage where a children’s chorus singing about Labor Day.

Yo, Yo, I’m a Cowboy Now - Quick Study

The Hidden Internets

There’s a new layer of internet brewing out there, hiding. I know you’re out there. I’m watching you. Stuff like this and this make me suspicious that there are indeed people out there taking risks with entertainment and piquing curiosity. Doing things so ridiculous for a point or even no point? I’m watching you, internet. I know you’re out there.

Compilation of Reporters Getting Owned


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Normally people getting owned is kind of passe now, but there’s a few gems in this, especially the older guy getting barked at by the dog.

Man charged after teen bashed with hedgehog | NEWS.com.au

Police said William Singalargh, 27, from Whakatane, in New Zealand’s North Island, allegedly picked up the hedgehog and threw it about 5m at the 15 year old.

“It hit the victim in the leg, causing a large, red welt and several puncture marks,” Senior Sergeant Bruce Jenkins said.

Dude, I don’t know what’s more fucked up. Beating someone to death with a game controller, or with a hedgehog. What if the hedgehog was blue?

Man charged after teen bashed with hedgehog | NEWS.com.au