ha. so, i had a rather official looking email presumably from paypal sitting in my inbox for a day, asking for me to verify my account information. when i clicked on the the link, much to my surprise, i found the link was dead. it was only at this point that i realized that the email was a very well-designed hoax. this is a very special hoax, because it’s the first email hoax that has ever coerced me to click on anything. luckily for me the site was already taken down.

amusingly, after a little surfing, i find that our own cameron marlow is behind the big take-down.