Author: Olly

  • Clever “Automated Confirmation” SCAM EMAIL

    OK, so this email was formatted professionally, it contained my details, a CUSTOMER details and was quite worrying really…

    I think it’s actually more a phishing/hoax email that is sent out to get traffic to a website rather than infect your PC or steal your identity – but still it’s misleading!

    Automated Confirmation No. 3384872

    Adam Medison <adam@bleachbright-news.com>

    Hello Dear Actual Customer Name,

    Thank you for your dedication and loyalty.

    Your full transaction details can be found here

    Date/Time: 1/5/2016 10:00 AM EST
    Confirmation number: 3384872
    Account number: *********5200
    Payment type: Online internal transfer
    * Pending payment amount: $9,522.70
    Member ID: info@correct-domain.co.uk

    Please confirm receipt of this notice immediately.

    Click here to confirm receipt

    You are on the right path to becoming extremely rich!

    Keep up the good work.

    To your success,

    – Adam

    This email was sent to info@correct-domain.co.uk | Unsubscribe | Forward this email to a friend

    It was quite alarming to receive with it having such accurate info in – they must have got it from WHOIS records as the email they published of ours is only linked to that customer via their domain.

    I ignored it, and then got this a few days later!

    Adam Medison <adam@youroption.co>

    Hey,

    You are ready to begin earning money with your new cash
    system. Your request to access from your account ending in
    **** 7389 has been completed, and the money is available
    in your new balance.

    — Please Access Your New Account Here

    If you have any questions, please contact us by clicking here.

    Enjoy,

    – Adam Madison

    FastCashBiz

    This email was sent to info@correct-domain.co.uk | Unsubscribe | Forward this email to a friend

    Also a scam/spam/hoax.

    So, im sorry to say but you are not going to receive lots of money, and these guys simply want you to click the links to get traffic to their site.

    Its like referer spam, but different haha 🙂

  • Everytime I hear the word Trello…

    We now use Trello at work, it’s a really good to-do/notes system that is already transforming how we work as a company.

    This isnt a post about its features or anything like that, I just wanted to share with you a meme I made, as this is what I hear everytime someone says the word Trello;

    trello_chello_jack_black_meme

  • Amazon / Facebook SCAM – Linking credit cards to your account

    I get sent SO many different styles of scam email, some are the same old thing recycled, some are bloody clever and others sit somewhere in the middle.

    All of them are devious and sneaky though, this one being no exception!

    Sender;

    From: “department_amazon” <amazon@account-department.com>
    Date: 4 Oct 2015 01:39
    Subject: noreply [notice number [1707302085]

    Then an image that didnt load, probably an Amazon logo, followed by this text;

    Form required

    Dear
    thank you for shopping with amazon
    we are sorry to inform you that regarding your account we are unable to link your credit card in your account.
    we closed your account temporarily until we hear from you
    What should you do !
    1-download the secure browser window from:
    https://www.amazon.com/case?id=AM_88_999_103_25
    2-login to your account and follow the steps
    . .

    Sincerely,

    Amazon

    Devious, sneaky but written by a friggin moron! No capital letters at the start of sentences, spaces before punctuation, inaccurate descriptions of stuff – this would never had been signed off by Amazon 🙂

    The link was a strange one too, it looks fairly normal above but when you hover over it, it went to;

    hXXps://www.facebook.com/download/703544469751142/AM_88_999_103_25.html

    Never seen Facebook hosting something being used in a scam before – I havent clicked it but I suspect it either encourages you to download something else, it will redirect me to some nasty website or it will give me instructions on the next actions they want me to take.

    Be careful though peeps – you would have to be pretty simple to think this is a real email but for every 1000 people who see this for what it is – there will be 1 person who falls for it and that may be all they need.

  • Sex Offender Warning SCAM – DO NOT CLICK!

    This was a very new style of scam, one guaranteed to fool any parent or concerned human!

    It was sent from;

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: “kids Iive-safe.” <contact@xfpbma8p.millioncoupon.co>
    Date: 3 Oct 2015 13:53
    Subject: family Safety- alert [S.no:23803].

    And the email looks like this;

    neighbourhood_watch_sex_offender_scam

    It comes across very genuine and real,  but when you hover over elements the links show as;

    hXXp://user.name.xfpbma8p.giftsworld.lol/Nvew/rrcmzm-r500ja/hhuzumcr-cgzllucggh.qwm

    Breaking that down, the domain name is

    hXXp://giftsworld.lol

    And whether that looks & feels like a trustworthy domain or not, its certainly not something you would expect a message of this nature to utilise!

    The unsubscribe link goes to;

    hXXp://user.name.xfpbma8p.giftsworld.lol/Ljp/rrcmzm-r500ja/hhuzumcr-cgzllucggh.qwm

    Which is slightly different to the original URL, so I bet the target pages show slightly different info so as to further reinforce its authenticity.

    A very unusual scam this one, and also quite worrying as MANY people will fall for this.

    Be warned guys!