Some people are intelligent - others are not. Here at [cwols] HQ, we wanted to know exactly what percentage of people are stupid. After much deliberation, we decided to experiment using the Internet as our test-bed. We set up a simple webpage, detailing to any casual visitor how to hack into Hotmail. The following (in grey) is what we wrote:
Step 1.
First, you must already own a Hotmail account. To get one go to Hotmail.com. Then login to your account and
create a new message with the Subject as "chng_psswrd"
(without the inverted commas).
Step 2.
In the body of the message type the following code, as it appears below,
making all necessary changes:
<44FF-Server_018::Pass+?><Victim's
hotmail address omitting '@hotmail.com'>
<Server_16-law.15.hotmail-><*Your* hotmail address
omitting '@hotmail.com'>
Newpass+!=<*Your* Password for *your* hotmail address>
Include
all the above <>'s and only make changes to the things in italic.
You must use YOUR password to change it, otherwise it won't work
(see below). It will only change the password if your hotmail
address and the password given in the message tally.
Step 3.
Now send
the above to server_018@hotmail.com. (There is an underscore [ _ ] between the server and the 018! Don't forget it,
otherwise you'll get a bounced message.)
Step 4.
You're finished! It should take ±20 mins for the server to respond. It
only works if your Hotmail account and password tally, if they
don't then server_018@hotmail.com automatically
forwards the full message to abuse@hotmail.com. If they realise
what's going on they'll probably delete your account immediately.
So don't make *any* mistakes! There you have it! You've hacked
into Hotmail, and cracked someone's password! Now you can login
to their account!
And finally, please *read the legal disclaimer*:
Legal
Disclaimer:
If you haven't already realised, the above is a complete hoax and
the author accepts no responsibility for anything that happens
due to the above. Sorry for getting your hopes up, but it's very
immoral to try and hack into Hotmail and I think you should stop
trying immediately. Anyone who *is* gullible enough to send a
mail to the above address will have their password changed by me,
to give them a taste of their own medicine! Heh-heh, I'm so evil!
Most (intelligent) people would realise that sending their password to an unknown account on the basis of what they read on some website is not a good idea. Despite this, hundreds of people did and the server_018 account was soon full of people's user names and passwords - around 20% of all visitors to the webpage went on to send their passwords to us.
If this wasn't enough, many people still prove exactly how stupid they can be. They don't read this page properly and send us emails informing us that the server_018 account doesn't exist anymore, and then ask us to help them hack into someone's account. We usually string them along, telling them that the page had an error in it, and if they try again it will work perfectly. Highly entertaining.
So we are delighted to say that our experiment was a success (if a little cruel). We now have scientific proof that one fifth of all Internet users are stupid.
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