Lame Yahoo social engineering scam

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I just got the following in my throw-away yahoo account:

    Dear* YAHOO Users,

    Th!s _email _inform_ you that your_ _Yahoo_ ID (xxxxx@yahoo.com)
will be b|ocked after 12 D@YS (@S @FTER autoomateed reegisttration) if you
w1ll
not sign up on YAHOO! WHITE LIST (T0 s!gnup - Click Here:
http://xxxxx.yahoo.com/)

This is done beecause we* update now` YAHO0! _not_ autoomateed reegistered
user ids.

cGTaXb0T1

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I dunno what in the blue hell it's called but it sure as hell isn't l337 speak. It's a cross between boken engrish and kindergarten spelling.

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C.M.Kornbluth wrote "The Marching Morons" in 1951. A half century of
hindsight has proven the concept correct....