I wrote about a version of this one last year, but the language of this version is so tortured that I have to post it. No official-looking seal this time. Sender: FBI OFFICE (office.fbi3@gmail.com) Subject: FROM IMF HEAD OFFICE Text: Anti-Terrorist And Monetary Crimes Division FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Federal Bureau Of Investigation J.Edgar Hoover [...]
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Just in time for tax filing season in the U.S., a phishing message purporting to come from Intuit. Intuit’s security center lists lots of these, but not the two I got this week. Both had empty graphics placeholders and broken hyperlinks — maybe the work of a baby spammer. Sender: INTUIT INC. (onlinebanking@ealerts.bankofamerica.com) — it [...]
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I’ve been seeing a bunch of spams trying to prey on job seekers. Particularly evil in these tough times. None of them attempts to disguise the URL they’re linking to. Judging from this writeup, they’re phishing, not downloading malware. There are at least some novel locutions, like “Hurroo Robert” and “Pass the time of day [...]
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I’ve seen spam like this before (here’s an example using Facebook), and it might have a chance if they’d just used the first sentence. But they also used some random text generator that makes the message gibberish. A baby spammer taking his first steps? Sender: bigrick27856@aol.com Subject: blank Text: To: Facebook User, Southwest is giving [...]
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The text of this message made me smile, but the RAR attachment turned my smile upside down (no, I didn’t click — and don’t you click, either). Here’s info on rar attachments: http://www.philipp-winterberg.com/software/rar_faq_phishing_fraudulent_dangerous_malicious_files.php Subject: Please stop sending spam messages onto our email Sender: CorpTech (contact@corptech.com) Attachment: Attached_Document_INC#69397.rar Text: Hello. Your email is sending spam messages! [...]
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I guess Kiva has attained sufficient mindshare to become a phishing tool. I hadn’t realized that $5,000 to $100,000 constituted a micro-loan. Sender: Kiva Micro Financial Loan Company <kiva@yahoo.com> Subject: APPLY FOR YOUR LOAN AS LOW AS 0.2% Message: Goodday,We Offer Private, Commercial and Personal Loans with very Minimal annual Interest Rates as Low as [...]
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This one’s pretty funny. It claims to come from the “Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division”. The letter begins “Series of meetings have been held over the past 7 months with the secretary general of the United Nations Organization. This ended 3 days ago. It is obvious that you have [...]
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It was only a matter of time. I’ve started receiving phishing messages that look like LinkedIn connection requests. So far the text has been identical. Note that the person who wants to connect (Mark Andronas) does not match the signature block (Neal Collins, Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development at Payroll Processing, Greater Chicago Area). [...]
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It’s not unusual to get phishing scams in the form of lottery “winnings” or that appear to come from legitimate businesses or nonprofits (see the Habitat for Humanity job offer scam). But this scam is more creative than most. It arrives as a nice-looking 4-page PDF attachment from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate [...]
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I received the following phishing email today. It’s a variation on the “your email inbox is too large” scam I posted in June. It plays on Habitat’s name, Haiti relief, and pure greed — it claims you can earn big tax-free commissions as a fundraiser. There are so many things wrong with this pitch. Fundraising [...]
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