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269. Blcraays / 2005

AustineCaruk@barclays.com
Subject: Barcalys email verification

Daer Barcalys Mbmeer,

Thsi eiaml was snet by the Bcralays serevr to veriyf yoru email aderdss. You must cpmolete thsi prosecs by cikcilng on the likn bolew and eetnring in the smlal winodw yruo Byalcras Membership number, passcode and memorable word.
Tsih is doen for yuor prottceion - beacuse semo of our msrebme no lregno have acsecs to thier emial adsserdes and we muts virefy it. To veirfy yuor email addsser and aseccs yoru bnak acconut, ccilk on the lnik belwo:
http://barclays.co.uk/4FHoarDYawe0fUjjCOmWiHLlrzdIhsbydM2ykLja6GPACXoX4csaVLRa2b9288ska1

Here's a variant:

Subject: Blcraays e-mail verification

Dera Basyalcr Mbmeer,

Tsih eliam was snet by the Bcralays serevr to veirfy yruo emlia addrsse. You muts cpmolete tihs procses by clicknig on the lnik bwole and eiretnng in the smlal winodw yoru Bacrlays Membership number, passcode and memorable word.
Tsih is doen for yoru proetction - becasue soem of our mebmers no longer haev acecss to thrie eiaml addersses and we msut veyfir it. To veyfir yruo email adderss and assecc yoru bank acuocnt, cilck on the lkni bleow:
http://barclays.co.uk/52nzZwc9HKgcytDVdIFADLJQC28JjMjE2dmiJnDoVWJZyPvIaHSRk3G8aq7j5ne6z

Technical note: the above messages are interspersed with pairs of codes which have the effect of reversing the order of the text between them. This is what the raw code looks like:
Th‮si‬ e‮iam‬l was s‮ne‬t by the B‮cra‬lays ser‮ev‬r to veri‮yf‬ yo‮ru‬ email ad‮erd‬ss. You must c‮pmo‬lete th‮si‬ pro‮sec‬s by c‮ikcil‬ng

This is what it looks like to an on-line email system which can't read html codes:
Thsi eiaml was snet by the Bcralays serevr to veriyf yoru email aderdss. You must cpmolete thsi prosecs by cikcilng

And this is what it looks like to a system which can read html codes (assuming your browser can do it!):
Th‮si‬ e‮iam‬l was s‮ne‬t by the B‮cra‬lays ser‮ev‬r to veri‮yf‬ yo‮ru‬ email ad‮erd‬ss. You must c‮pmo‬lete th‮si‬ pro‮sec‬s by c‮ikcil‬ng

This is how spammers can annoy people who have typed a long list of key words into their email system as spam filters. All they have to do is reverse a pair of letters and surround them with the magic codes, so that v‮gai‬ra comes out as viagra on screen.

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