I just got the following e-mail:

From: “VERMONT STATE EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION” [customers@vsecu.com]

Subject: Important VSECU Notice

Dear Customer,

This communication was sent to safeguard your account against any unauthorized activity.

Vermont State Employees Credit Union is aware of new phishing e-mails that are circulating. These e-mails request consumers to click a link due to a compromise of a credit card account.

You should not respond to this message.

For your security we have deactivate your card.

How to activate your card

Call (802) 304-1922 .

Our automated system allows you to quickly activate your card

What to expect when activating online.

Card activation will take approximately one minute to complete.

If this is legit, why didn’t anyone proof-read it?  If it’s not legit, it’s actually kind of a clever scam, and something I’m seeing a lot more of: scam someone by preying on their behavior when they think they’ve been hit by a scam.

Some days I hate the internet.

UPDATE: it’s a scam

Some or most of this isn’t new but it’s from an interesting source .An unpleasant  website that yielded this assessment on the Vt. race from the conservative side . It may add to the speculation about  Gov.Jim Douglas’s out of character early campaign spending rate of his hard won 3/4 of a million in funds. USNews and World report has Obama is carrying New York and New England by double digits.Couple that with poor economy,Jim fatigue etc.and maybe there really are some substantial straws to grasp at.

Vermont: Gov. Jim Douglas (R) may have been the Republican rooting hardest for Sen. Hillary Clinton (D) in the presidential primaries. This liberal-filled state will likely see record-high turnout this November thanks to Obama’s presence on the ballot. This will help State House Speaker Gaye Symington (D).

Vermont, along with North Carolina and Washington, promises the most excitement among governor races this year. Put another way: Douglas is perhaps the most vulnerable incumbent governor in 2008.

In Douglas’s favor, liberal Anthony Pollina is once again running as a third-party candidate, this time as an independent. Pollina says he is reaching out to conservatives as well as liberals, and he probably won’t match the 10% he garnered in 2000. Still, Symington will need to run a very strong race to beat Douglas. Leaning Republican Retention. 7/23

 http://www.humanevents.com/art…

To read more about how the economy looks to people in places other than Wall Street and Washington, go to:

(Across America, economic woes are mounting, McClatchy Washington Bureau)

Yes, the list is of McClatchy news service stories, but it is also what is being printed around the nation.

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