wooo, game connect!!!! where do I sign up???
more seriously, i got a lottery scam letter through the post the other
day. Makes a change...not particularly exciting, I grant you but,
hey, it was almost the highpoint of the day so lets not knock it :(
difficult surgery this afternoon. Damn. If only I could work in the
evenings and week ends too, then my life would be complete. ;-)
/ramble off.
On 21/08/07, Laurie Miles <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I just sent the e-mail below, but got a bounce back from gp-uk, saying that my
> message had a virus in it. I've checked the sent message, and, as far as I can
> tell, there is no virus attached to the plain text e-mail, so I'll try sending
> it again.
> -----------------------
>
> I just received this message below. The spammers seem to be getting a lot
> cleverer (and now seem to be able to spell!) - I am sure everyone has received
> many copies of the "Your friend has sent you an e-postcard" message, and this
> message will similarly have tricked many into clicking onto the URL.
> And I wonder how many e-banking users have been tricked into entering phishing
> sites - I currently receive around 5 messages per day asking me to update the
> details of my bank (RBOS).
>
> All this is worrying when the average level of IT expertise in Internet users is
> probably on the decrease as more and more inexperienced users get on-line. This
> will affect us all on the Internet, as compromised PCs from the above sort of
> messages will lead to increased spam and fraudulent net activity.
>
> Worrying...
>
> Laurie Miles
>
> -----------------
> (amended) copy of message follows:
> -----------------
> Welcome Member,
>
> Are you ready to have fun at Game Connect.
>
> Account Number: 9556272761
> Login ID: user9195
> Password ID: bf145
>
> Your temporary Login Info will expire in 24 hours. Please login and change it.
>
> Click here to enter our secure server: [link to probably dodgy URL deleted]
> --------------------------------------
>
>
> And here's the automated message that I received from GP-UK:
> ----------------------------------
> A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients.
> This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
>
> [log in to unmask]
> SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data:
> host bifur.jiscmail.ac.uk [130.246.193.104]: 554 5.7.1 Virus
> Email.Phishing.RB-1492 found in mail - rejected
>
>
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Dr Paul Miller
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http://visionblogged.blogspot.com
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