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popandbob Send message Joined: 19 Mar 05 Posts: 551 Credit: 4,673,015 RAC: 0 |
just recived an email from boincadm@ssl.berkeley.edu with a virus attachment subject: hi, ive a new mail address body: hey its me, my old address dont work at time. i dont know why?! in the last days ive got some mails. i' think thaz your mails but im not sure! plz read and check ... cyaaaaaaa attached is a virus in a zip file. Don't open it! BoB Do you Good Search for Seti@Home? http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=888957 Or Good Shop? http://www.goodshop.com/?charityid=888957 |
Misfit Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0 |
just recived an email from boincadm@ssl.berkeley.edu with a virus attachment I had the same one addr'd from post@fbi.gov I like my 'report spam' button. |
Darth Dogbytes™ Send message Joined: 30 Jul 03 Posts: 7512 Credit: 2,021,148 RAC: 0 |
FRAUDULENT FBI EMAIL ALERT The FBI continues to see reports of email hoaxes similar to the 7/7/04 warning posted on the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) website. The individual closing the internet transaction changes on the email; otherwise, the text of the email is identical to the email circulated in July 2004. The following is the message brought to our attention: -----Original Message----- From: IFCC [internetfraudcenter@usa.com] Sent: Friday, September 16, 2006 6:10 PM To: Subject: Internet Fraud Complaint Center Please note that this E-mail was generated by FBI and IFCC(Internet Fraud Complaint Center) E-mail services and any attempt to reply to this E-mail cannot and will not be answered or received by FBI or IFCC. The Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). IFCC's mission is to address fraud committed over the Internet. Our records show that you have closed an internet transaction with David Harrys. We are now able to inform you that this person is an internet scam artist. For almost 2 years he had ripped off over 100 internet buyers using Western Union for payment. We were not able to catch him until now because we don't have enough proves and details about him. Here is what we suggest: Please pretend that you are interested in buying a product from him and accept any offer that he will make you. Follow all the instructions you receive from him regarding the payment procedure via Western Union wire transfer. We will watch this particular transaction and arrest him when he will try to pick up the funds at the Western Union office. This way we will be able to stop his illegal activity and you will receive this amount you will have to send now and a $10,000 bonus from FBI for your cooperation. WE SUGGEST THAT YOU KEEP THIS E-MAIL SECRET FOR NOW. PLEASE DON'T ATTEMPT TO CONTACT FBI OR IFCC FOR THE MOMENT. WE WILL CONTACT YOU AS SOON AS YOU COPMLETE THE TRANSACTION WITH HIM. HE WILL TRY PICK UP THE MONEY AND WE WILL ARREST HIM AND CONTACT YOU AFTER THAT. Regards, FBI team. WARNING: DO NOT COOPERATE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE BESIDE FBI. OTHER COMMUNICATIONS MAY BE NEGATIVE TO OUR INVESTIGATION. EVEN THE COMMUNICATION WITH WESTERN UNION MAY BE DEADLY FOR OUR PLAN. If you have received this, or a similar hoax, please file a complaint at http://www.ic3.gov Account frozen... |
Fuzzy Hollynoodles Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0 |
FRAUDULENT FBI EMAIL ALERT OMG! :-O This one is bad! And the poor souls are waiting forever for their refund and the 10 grands, right?!!!! "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me |
tekwyzrd Send message Joined: 21 Nov 01 Posts: 767 Credit: 30,009 RAC: 0 |
I received a disturbing hoax message today. The attached zip file is infected by Worm.Sober.U Return-path: <Mail@cia.gov> Envelope-to: myemailaddress Delivery-date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 18:38:37 +0000 Received: from [83.104.226.240] (helo=mqflltvw.gov) by mk-mx-1.b2b.uk.tiscali.com with smtp (Exim 4.24) id 1EfiSu-0003EN-4q; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 18:38:32 +0000 From: Mail@cia.gov To: someotheremailaddress Dear Sir/Madam, we have logged your IP-address on more than 30 illegal Websites. Important: Please answer our questions! The list of questions are attached. Yours faithfully, Steven Allison ++++ Central Intelligence Agency -CIA- ++++ Office of Public Affairs ++++ Washington, D.C. 20505 ++++ phone: (703) 482-0623 ++++ 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., US Eastern time Yeah, right. eBay, myspace, and seti are illegal? I wish my 3ware controller would get here already so I can go back to using Linux. The filters I used did an excellent job of eliminating messages like this. Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001) |
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