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[Closed] Scam email doing the rounds

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One to be aware of, this, as it's unusually convincing.

https://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/disturbing-important-matter-malspam-delivers-unknown-malware/

(Obviously, standard advice stands, don't open attachments on unsolicited emails.)

Be careful out there.


 
Posted : 28/03/2017 6:34 pm
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I'm not clicking that!


 
Posted : 28/03/2017 7:00 pm
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I received an email which was virtually identical to the one in the article, including the misspelling of amount. What caught my eye was the use of a French ISP email suffix - that and some of the slightly odd phrasing in the email consistent with the author being a non-native English speaker, made me wonder if the perpetrators were French/French speakers, in which case it might be likely that they had gained my email address etc. by hacking a non-UK webshop (i.e. European, possibly French).

It would be interesting to know if other recipients of these emails have made purchases from any non-UK webshops.


 
Posted : 28/03/2017 8:27 pm
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Had the email earlier containing an address I've not been at for 2 years. Can't remember ever buying anything from a foreign site, apart from an eBay purchase from China.


 
Posted : 28/03/2017 9:41 pm
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We got this email sent to us this morning.
Addressed to my business partner who is a suckers list(his own fault fell for a boiler room scam)
came in on our enquirers email


 
Posted : 29/03/2017 7:16 am
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I am disturbing you.....

Oh well then in that case I'm definitely going to open the attachment.


 
Posted : 29/03/2017 7:30 am
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Exactly, I'd have dismissed that as a scam after reading the first few words.


 
Posted : 29/03/2017 7:40 am
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Had that one - straight in the bin.


 
Posted : 29/03/2017 7:42 am
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"I am a lawful citizen".

Anyone who falls for that must be a mug.


 
Posted : 29/03/2017 7:47 am
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It's about as convincing as a nine bob note!

If you use Google Mail (Gmail/whatever they call it today) then most of this crap is automatically caught.


 
Posted : 29/03/2017 7:57 am

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