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Balmoral Green

Original Poster:

42,561 posts

279 months

Wednesday 15th February 2006
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Just picked up this bit of Spam, because of the subject line which was well worded, I opened it, got this...




Thank you for shopping with us.

Your order # 7F975DE Canon DF-E037 8.0 MP Digital Camera has been accepted for the amount 865.00 Pounds.

Your card will be charged in that amount.

Thank you for your purchase.


You can check the order in your profile.

http://dewars-quality.com.scum.spamme

Thank you.
Dell Online Store.



Decided to click on the link and got a trojan for my trouble, which was caught by McAfee and cleaned, doing a virus scan now just in case.

I could quite happily take a baseball bat to the skulls of these s.

edited to make the link inoperable just in case anyone clicked on it.



>> Edited by Balmoral Green on Wednesday 15th February 19:29

FortJefferson

8,237 posts

253 months

Wednesday 15th February 2006
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Remove the link Warren, otherwise someone will get the virus. John

scorp

8,783 posts

260 months

Wednesday 15th February 2006
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I got the exact same mail (at work) earlier on today. I wonder how many people fall for this type of scam?

>> Edited by scorp on Wednesday 15th February 19:32

scorp

8,783 posts

260 months

Wednesday 15th February 2006
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FortJefferson said:
Remove the link Warren, otherwise someone will get the virus. John

Is it an IE virus, or is Firefox also vulnerable?

monkeyhanger

9,267 posts

273 months

Wednesday 15th February 2006
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scorp said:
I got the exact same mail (at work) earlier on today. I wonder how many people fall for this type of scam?

>> Edited by scorp on Wednesday 15th February 19:32


1 out of 5 so far



>> Edited by monkeyhanger on Wednesday 15th February 19:33

zaktoo

1,401 posts

271 months

Wednesday 15th February 2006
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scorp said:
FortJefferson said:
Remove the link Warren, otherwise someone will get the virus. John

Is it an IE virus, or is Firefox also vulnerable?


Although I'm only guessing, it's almost certainly IE only.

Ciao

Zak

Balmoral Green

Original Poster:

42,561 posts

279 months

Wednesday 15th February 2006
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monkeyhanger said:

1 out of 5 so far
Oi! I resemble that remark

ruddermode

105 posts

269 months

Wednesday 15th February 2006
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Got a similar thing, but decided to look at the source of the link before clicking on it. Lucky for me that I did as I spotted it was a different URL and steered well clear...

FourWheelDrift

92,384 posts

315 months

Wednesday 15th February 2006
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Talking of stupid spam did anyone recieve the Dutch Lottery email saying you haven't won anything

This is an excerpt from it.

New Dutch Holland Lottery said:

NEW DUTCH HOLLAND
FROM MR. ANDREW SMITH.
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)

Dear
Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our recent
lottery draw held on the 11 th January 2006. Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number 27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662
failed to draw lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45, which consequently
didn't win anything. You have therefore not been approved for a lump
sum pay out of 1,000,000 (Euros)(One Million Euros only)


How strange.

Ballistic Banana

14,706 posts

298 months

Wednesday 15th February 2006
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had the same one , I copied and pasted the canon details and pasted in Google... that camera doesnt even exist never clicked the link and binned it.

BB

Balmoral Green

Original Poster:

42,561 posts

279 months

Wednesday 15th February 2006
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FortJefferson said:
Remove the link Warren, otherwise someone equally as stupid as you will get the virus. John

Chim450

1,452 posts

292 months

Wednesday 15th February 2006
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Had one similar to this a while back. It stated that my credit card had been debited to the sum of £xx for subscribing to some porno site or other and that a payment of blah blah pounds would be coming out every month, if I would be so good as to open the attachment that came with the email then all would be explained.

How fecking stupid do you think I am?

MilnerR

8,273 posts

289 months

Wednesday 15th February 2006
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Got the same email this morning with a different link. The URL was registered yesterday in Moscow. At first I thought it might be a phishing attempt but instead it was the aforementioned trojan. Some spotty little social inadequate is having his revenge on a world that has made him into such a spineless dickless excuse for a human being and rest....

lord summerisle

8,174 posts

256 months

Wednesday 15th February 2006
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Balmoral Green said:
Just picked up this bit of Spam, because of the subject line which was well worded, I opened it, got this...




Thank you for shopping with us.

Your order # 7F975DE Canon DF-E037 8.0 MP Digital Camera has been accepted for the amount 865.00 Pounds.

Your card will be charged in that amount.

Thank you for your purchase.


You can check the order in your profile.

www.hook.line.com

Thank you.
Dell Online Store.



Decided to click on the link and got a trojan for my trouble, which was caught by McAfee and cleaned, doing a virus scan now just in case.

I could quite happily take a baseball bat to the skulls of these s.

edited to make the link inoperable just in case anyone clicked on it.



>> Edited by Balmoral Green on Wednesday 15th February 19:29





so would you like just the one copy of Angling Times, or would you like to take out a subscription?

simpo two

93,053 posts

296 months

Wednesday 15th February 2006
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FourWheelDrift said:
Talking of stupid spam did anyone recieve the Dutch Lottery email saying you haven't won anything

This is an excerpt from it.

New Dutch Holland Lottery said:


Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number 27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662
failed to draw lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45, which consequently
didn't win anything. You have therefore not been approved for a lump
sum pay out of 1,000,000 (Euros)(One Million Euros only)


How strange.


Irish spam!

Jonna_Rex

1,500 posts

262 months

Wednesday 15th February 2006
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What a sneaky post !!

wd*

4,045 posts

282 months

Wednesday 15th February 2006
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There are a few going round from 'Halifax' where the entire e-mail is an image which is actually a link to a nice little trojan...

Parrot of Doom

23,075 posts

265 months

Wednesday 15th February 2006
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Spyware Doctor - this will get LOADS of things that adaware/spybot/mcafee/norton won't ever see
www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/

up-the-dubs

4,282 posts

260 months

Wednesday 15th February 2006
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simpo two said:

Irish spam!


I don't think Irish sends spam mails. I met him at Le Mans and he seems a top bloke.

dinkel

27,849 posts

289 months

Thursday 16th February 2006
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simpo two said:
FourWheelDrift said:
Talking of stupid spam did anyone recieve the Dutch Lottery email saying you haven't won anything

This is an excerpt from it.

New Dutch Holland Lottery said:


Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number 27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662
failed to draw lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45, which consequently
didn't win anything. You have therefore not been approved for a lump
sum pay out of 1,000,000 (Euros)(One Million Euros only)


How strange.


Irish spam!


Funny, I get your UK Lottery and they say I have won something . . . never had a virus on my iMac for 5 years. About 10 Spammails a day . . . and 15 no-spam