Lame spam of the day: Termination of my CPA license
I'm crushed. I didn't even know I had a CPA license, and now it's being revoked. Over and over (19 times in the past 2 days!). According to the AICPA's web site it's a phishing scam. Unlike most lame spam, at least they bothered to make it look real. Here's what they look like (some are more lenient, giving me 14 days to get in touch):
Here are the various versions I've received:
Version 1:
Senders: Agnes Jeffers (support@aicpa.org), Carissa Zimmerman (alert@aicpa.org), Simon Babcock (manager@aicpa.org)
Subject: Your accountant license can be revoked.
Links lead to:
http://danielerbiti.com.ar/oMKd5ZYm/index.html
http://jewelsncords.com/mail.html
http://jewelsncords.com/mail.html
http://ftp.semegsaude.com.br/wmv0r6yZ/index.html
Version 2:
Senders: Agustin Murphy (alert@aicpa.org), Fidel White (manager@aicpa.org)
Subject: Tax return fraud notification.
Links lead to:
http://edwardlan.cixx6.com/oscomm/mail.html
http://lediko.com/~ftp/oscpremium/images/mail.html
Version 3:
Senders: Bert Parson (risk.manager@aicpa.org), Melisa Stephenson (manager@aicpa.org), Josefa Olsen (support@aicpa.org), Winston Stern (alert@aicpa.org), Grover Pendleton (support@aicpa.org), Christian Guthrie (support@aicpa.org)
Subject: Fraudulent tax return assistance accusations.
Links lead to:
http://https//ephraimpottery.com/shop/mail.html
http://rppe.it/BJsDQuYe/index.html
http://miss-tswift.com/yAFAUN5Y/index.html
http://nts.info.pl/sklep/images/mail.html
http://mail.grigodin.ro/mail.html
http://strass-discount.de/images/mail.html
Version 4:
Senders: Tommie Hubbard (risk@aicpa.org), Nolan Hinson (alerts@aicpa.org), Ian Perdue (support@aicpa.org), Hilda Espinoza (alerts@aicpa.org)
Subject: Termination of your accountant license.
Links lead to:
http://kangamama.hu/FKhGvBAS/index.html
http://https//telcoled.com/images/mail.html
http://sports.promos.com.tw/merida/images/mail.html
http://rscine.ro/KM8PHYEu/index.html
Version 5:
Senders: Clifton Lyles (admin@aicpa.org), Dominic Riley (manager@aicpa.org), Gustavo Washington (support@aicpa.org), Kurt Mccann (alert@aicpa.org)
Subject: Your accountant CPA license termination.
Links lead to:
http://https//bluviolet.com/images/mail.html
http://mail.grigodin.ro/mail.html
http://airsoft-workshop.com.ua/images/mail.html
http://nts.info.pl/sklep/images/mail.html
Filed in Phishing,Scam,Spam 2 Comments so far
Alex on 23 Feb 2012 at 9:55 pm #
I’m crushed too))))
What is going on? I didn’t even know I had a CPA license, and now it’s being revoked. Is it a joke or a mistake?
Frank on 23 Feb 2012 at 10:25 pm #
Yep. This is what I got. The most recent version (the second of two that I’ve received, so far) makes it seem like it’s from one “Maggie Bishop” at “alerts (at) aicpa (dot) org”. I have no way of even knowing that the clown who sent it was actually female. The whole thing is ridiculous.