You've got jokes: Colbert, Kimmel zing White House officials over email prank

After learning White House officials reportedly fell prey to an email prankster, crafting jokes was like shooting phish in a barrel for Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

"To add insult to idiocy, we just learned a prankster tricked White House officials into replying to his emails," Colbert told viewers. "He must've used some sort of tricky subject line like, 'Confidential and Criminal: Dirt on Hillary. Russia Collude-A-Palooza!'"

Colbert then humorously imagined the response of Tom Bossert, homeland security adviser who is charged with cybersecurity, to an email from someone claiming to be Jared Kushner. "Oh, what's this? An email from definitelyjared@notfakeemail.com?" The Late Show host began. "I better give him my personal email address, so he knows it's me. I'll send along my credit card number, my social security number, my mother's maiden name, my first dog, the house I grew up in and you know what? I'm gonna trace my apartment key."

Jimmy Kimmel Live

"Look at the heading on this email," Kimmel directed his audience after showing them the prankster's email to Bossert. "'SUSPECTED SPAM' in all caps and no problem." 

Kimmel continued, giving his approval of the joke and advising the prankster to go even further. "For instance, when you pose as Jared Kushner and write to a homeland security adviser, don't just invite him to a party at the end of the month," Kimmel urged. "Invite him to a surprise costume party in the Oval Office at the end of the day."

Kimmel liked the idea so much he tried out his own spear phishing gimmick with his sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez. See the amusing gag in the clip above.