Potential Internet Fraud Alert!

Julia · Post by **Julia** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 6:19 pm

Hi
I received this at work today from our IT helpdesk.

Some of our users have received the following email message that looks like it is from a legitimate on-line retailer. However, after further research the message is a trap to get on-line buyers to disclose their credit card information. For more information, go to http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/bestbuy.asp

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Subject: BestBuy Order #1095619. Fraud Alert.

Dear customer,

Recently we have received an order made by using your personal credit card information.
This order was made online at our official BestBuy website on 06/17/2003.
Our Fraud Department has some suspicions regarding this order and we need you to visit a special Fraud Department page at our web store where you can confirm or decline this transaction by providing us with the correct information.
This e-mail address has been taken from National Credit Bureau.

Click the link below to visit a special Fraud Department page to resolve the cause of the problem.
http://www.BestBuy.com/fraud_department.html

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ORDER# 1095619 - STATUS: SUSPENDED

ITEMS PURCHASED
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Item No: 73890
CDA-9815 In-Dash CD Player/Ai-Changer Controller
Price: $387.65 Qty: 2 Total: $775.3
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The order listed above has not yet been processed.
The reason for the delay in processing your order is:

- UNVERIFIED SHIPPING ADDRESS

- Information provided:
Shipping
41 WINHAM ST
Staten Island, NY 10306
United States
phone# 206-337-9843

In our effort to deter fraudulent transactions, we need your help in providing us with the correct information. Your prompt response is needed to avoid any unauthorized charges to your credit card.

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 1:37 am

Damn, these conmen.

Not like me, I'm a Nigerian despot, e-mail me your bank account details and I'll send you a few hundred billion dollars.

RTF · Post by **RTF** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 2:01 am

Ehr... ok then Robbie that'll do fine.

(can you believe the people who believe this crap?

)

tiranova · Post by **tiranova** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 12:24 pm

Damn, these conmen.

Not like me, I'm a Nigerian despot, e-mail me your bank account details and I'll send you a few hundred billion dollars.

I got one of those emails, I replied with "F*** off con man!"

tiranova · Post by **tiranova** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 12:25 pm

Ehr... ok then Robbie that'll do fine.

(can you believe the people who believe this crap? )

Whats happened to your Avatar?

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 1:07 pm

Damn, these conmen.

Not like me, I'm a Nigerian despot, e-mail me your bank account details and I'll send you a few hundred billion dollars.
I got one of those emails, I replied with "F*** off con man!"

D'OH! Bad move...

Once you've replied then they know your e-mail address is valid and will send you even more spam. I remember reading that about 80% of the worlds spam comes from about 5 main sources. These sources trawl the internet to find vulnerable e-mail servers that they can use to distribute their spam.

Quick rules..

1. NEVER reply to spam, or click on any links on e-mails, even if you get a "click here to get yourself off the list" link.

2. NEVER open any HTML spam e-mails - links to images often contain your e-mail address (or an encoded version of it) so again they'll know your e-mail address exists & send you more spam.

3. NEVER EVER open any attachments from e-mails unless you're expecting it and are 100% sure that the sender's machine is totally virus free (a machine can easily be infected with the user knowing). Always virus scan any attachments you want to look at.

4. NEVER use a computer unless it's got a virus checker installed! There is no excuse for this - you can get hold of very good anti-virus software for free. AVG (http://www.grisoft.com) is free and even scans all e-mails in Outlook & Outlook Express.

Greenday · Post by **Greenday** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 1:14 pm

Damn, these conmen.

Not like me, I'm a Nigerian despot, e-mail me your bank account details and I'll send you a few hundred billion dollars.
I got one of those emails, I replied with "F*** off con man!"
D'OH! Bad move...

Once you've replied then they know your e-mail address is valid and will send you even more spam. I remember reading that about 80% of the worlds spam comes from about 5 main sources. These sources trawl the internet to find vulnerable e-mail servers that they can use to distribute their spam.

Quick rules..

1. NEVER reply to spam, or click on any links on e-mails, even if you get a "click here to get yourself off the list" link.

2. NEVER open any HTML spam e-mails - links to images often contain your e-mail address (or an encoded version of it) so again they'll know your e-mail address exists & send you more spam.

3. NEVER EVER open any attachments from e-mails unless you're expecting it and are 100% sure that the sender's machine is totally virus free (a machine can easily be infected with the user knowing). Always virus scan any attachments you want to look at.

4. NEVER use a computer unless it's got a virus checker installed! There is no excuse for this - you can get hold of very good anti-virus software for free. AVG (http://www.grisoft.com) is free and even scans all e-mails in Outlook & Outlook Express.

I can also recommend AV6, very good cover and everything including updates are free, i've also got a pre-download E-mail checker that allows you to check mail on your mail server and bounce it back if its junk (hence to sender will think the address doesnt exist), i will find the exact URL and post it up, also check out www.surferbeware.com for loads of useful tools, i recommend Spybot from that site, hope that helps someone somewhere

RTF · Post by **RTF** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 1:17 pm

Ehr... ok then Robbie that'll do fine.

(can you believe the people who believe this crap? )
Whats happened to your Avatar?

Eh, yes?
Lyndon, what happened to my Avatar?

Post by **Lyndon** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 6:33 pm

er it's there now m8

tiranova · Post by **tiranova** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 12:01 am

Damn, these conmen.

Not like me, I'm a Nigerian despot, e-mail me your bank account details and I'll send you a few hundred billion dollars.
I got one of those emails, I replied with "F*** off con man!"
D'OH! Bad move...

Once you've replied then they know your e-mail address is valid and will send you even more spam. I remember reading that about 80% of the worlds spam comes from about 5 main sources. These sources trawl the internet to find vulnerable e-mail servers that they can use to distribute their spam.

Quick rules..

1. NEVER reply to spam, or click on any links on e-mails, even if you get a "click here to get yourself off the list" link.

2. NEVER open any HTML spam e-mails - links to images often contain your e-mail address (or an encoded version of it) so again they'll know your e-mail address exists & send you more spam.

3. NEVER EVER open any attachments from e-mails unless you're expecting it and are 100% sure that the sender's machine is totally virus free (a machine can easily be infected with the user knowing). Always virus scan any attachments you want to look at.

4. NEVER use a computer unless it's got a virus checker installed! There is no excuse for this - you can get hold of very good anti-virus software for free. AVG (http://www.grisoft.com) is free and even scans all e-mails in Outlook & Outlook Express.

It was sent to my hotmail, junk mail section, i get loads of rubbish there everyday :rolleyes:

RTF · Post by **RTF** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 1:29 am

er it's there now m8

Indeed it is???
Strange powers are among us here.... spooky

Guess it just went out for a drive or something... It's damn fine weather!

Post by **Lyndon** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 8:34 am

nice one RTF