IMPORTANT - Dodgy spams from classifieds on pistonheads

[tuxman]

Ted, this is the secind email i've had each with same contents just a different email address. Common sense telling me neither to click to respond nor phone the number.

Could you please investigate and also warn other piston headers against responding to such junk. Thanks


From: "Domingo" <[e-mail]> Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
To: [e-mail]
Subject: RE: 'Can-am 6.3L EFI For Sale' at PistonHeads.com
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:47:14 -0000
www.pistonheads.com/sales/121945.htm

can you email me a few more pics of your ultima. mine is a serious
inquiry

My Phone No: 323 898 3930

[hornie]

no response? Is this genuine or not? Feeling is that a genuine enquiry would ring the seller and probably ask more questions.
If it's not shouldn't there be a warning to all pistonheadesr who use the classified section?

[GreenV8S]

What's the scam here? It looks innocuous to me, what am I missing?

[PetrolTed]

I'll check it out. I normally get alerted if someone sends a number of similar mails to different advertisers.

[peterpsg]

Hey Simon/Ted, I've had exactly the same person email me... probably just wants the pictures for his own collection...

But is this even a UK number??? Or maybe Nigerian... ;-)

P

>From: "Domingo" <[e-mail]>
>To: "Deleted for good measure"
>Subject: RE: 'ULTIMA GTR' at PistonHeads.com
>Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:01:16 -0000
>
>www.pistonheads.com/sales/103852.htm
>
>mine is a serious inquiry. can you email me a few more pics of your
>awesome Ultima.
>
>My Phone No: 323 898 3930
>

[PetrolTed]

I'll "take measures"

[Podie]

323..?!?!

32 is Belgium... 323 would mean Antwerp.


Nigeria is 234

Edited by Podie on Thursday 25th January 12:30

[JonRB]

Podie said:

323..?!?!

32 is Belgium... 323 would mean Antwerp.


Nigeria is 234

I thought Nigeria was 419

[peterpsg]

Hey Ted, it looks like our spammer has changed email addresses again, but still seems to be hitting a brick wall!!!


From : roy foulker <[e-mail]>
Sent : 10 February 2007 19:46:46
To : Unimpressed Spam Recipient PH'der
Subject : RE: 'ULTIMA GTR' at PistonHeads.com



www.pistonheads.com/sales/(DELETED).htm

mine is a serious inquiry. can you email me a few more pics of your ultima.
your website is not accessing


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[Scraggles]

pity u had not posted the full headers with ip address, the email given means nothing. If the ip address had been given for both, it might have shown it is the same person. I use gmail and getting the full headers is easy

open the email as if to reply, on the right of the screen is reply tag, next to it is an triangle pointing down...

click this

then select show original

you might not know what it means, but ted and others will be able to take action

[PetrolTed]

Thanks. I'll update my spam filter to take account of this chap.