This Is A Very Good Idea

This Is A Very Good Idea
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Nothing says "I've learned nothing from security training" quite like this masterpiece. Dude's planning to spoof AWS billing alerts via SMS and even wants to include a link to the "official AWS dashboard" to make it look legit. Because obviously, the best way to prank your friends is by potentially getting arrested for phishing and identity theft.

The real comedy here is thinking your friends won't immediately panic and call their bank, or worse, actually click that link. Then you'll be explaining to HR why half the company reported a security incident that traces back to your phone number. Pro tip: if your prank requires you to clarify "it's not phishing," it's definitely phishing.

Also, $50k? That's rookie numbers. If you're gonna fake an AWS bill, at least make it realistic—like $127,483.29 from accidentally leaving a NAT Gateway running in 47 regions.

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