virus
virus and credit fraud
Saturday, March 26, 2011 by captainmoonlight | Discussion: Personal Computing
"HI". every one do not, open this e-mail if you get ( see below ) one. It contains a virus all so wants you credit card,numbers so do not open the attachment or the virus get on you computer so I thought. I should warn all of you go bing. And type Puremobile Inc to see more.
Thank you for ordering from Puremobile Inc.
This message is to inform you that your order has been received
and is currently being processed.
Your order reference is 4380.
You will need this in all correspondence.
This receipt is NOT proof of purchase.
We will send a printed invoice by mail to your billing address.
You have chosen to pay by credit card.
Your card will be charged for the amount of 757.00 USD
and "Puremobile Inc." will appear next to the charge on your statement.
Your purchase information appears below in the file.
Puremobile Inc.
Reply #2 Saturday, March 26, 2011 2:20 AM
that s Wat made it suspect, to me plus the amount they said I had payed.
Reply #3 Saturday, March 26, 2011 2:42 AM
I still love the ones that tell me my Blizzard WOW account has been changed.
Never had one, never will.
Reply #4 Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:29 AM
Amazing that. You get something out of nowhere and some people just naturally go for it. No questions asked, no thought given to what it might actually be. Gullible, thy name is Joe Shmoe.
Reply #5 Saturday, March 26, 2011 10:44 AM
Sure is as I never use a card on line ANYWAY
Reply #6 Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:00 PM
Yes, I have received 5 notices in two day that a package is being delivered by UPS. They are in bulk mail folder. They are fake. But i'm am sure a virus is attached somewhere were i to 'look.' Its like, between the nigerians Scams, plain old junk e-mail, and bugs, its getting to be a full time job just to take the e-trash out. LOL.
Reply #7 Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:04 PM
Some people are funny. They say they don't use a card online. However when you purchase something at your local market you info goes over the net to your bank and back. Just something to think about.
Reply #8 Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:42 PM
At one point I got SO fed up with spam that I started replying FFFUUUUUUUUUUUU*you know the rest* Ofcourse....that just gotted me MORE spam (but atleast it FELT good! 
)
I remember an article about a spammer that sended 500.000 spammails a day that got killed a few years ago. I was like: "Good! Hope the bastard suffered!!"
Also gotted a nigerian letter a few days ago....I'm tempted to reply back with false information but I'm afraid they may turn that against me.
Or I reply but attach some nasty code....may get lucky....
Reply #9 Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:48 PM
Oh just delete it and move on. They don't deserve any more attention or energy than just clicking on the delete button, and all at once at that. Feathers in the wind.
Reply #10 Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:48 PM
There is that. Send a virus get one back in return. Do that from a virtual desktop so it can't infect your machine. But make the one you send ten times more virulent. That'll make 'em sit up and think twice.
Reply #11 Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:51 PM
campaigner, the nastiest thing you can do to the nigerians is to take copies of the emails into you local cop shop and ask them to pass it on to the international fraud unit, anything else and you will start getting even MORE o the blasted junk.
harpo
Reply #12 Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:13 PM
Any scam mail I get gets reported to the proper authorities...it's just become a habit now. Whether anything actually gets done is anyone's guess...but I do it anyway.
Reply #13 Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:29 PM
How would I go about reporting a scam WG? Website for that?
Reply #14 Saturday, March 26, 2011 9:00 PM
Reply #15 Sunday, March 27, 2011 2:31 AM
If you want a laugh check out 419Eater: http://www.419eater.com/html/trophy_room.htm
They scam the scammers...
Reply #16 Thursday, April 14, 2011 5:15 AM
Basically for me it's built in to hotmail. I treat everything as "phishing" so I check the email I want to report and click "Mark as" in the tools above and it does the rest. Anything that looks like it might be more than "phishing" I just delete it. Since I have no way of knowing what if anything gets done about it I'm not that interested in really getting into it and visiting websites to report this stuff...it's just a never ending stream and I have better things to do. 
Reply #17 Thursday, April 14, 2011 6:47 AM
"HI". every one do not, open this e-mail if you get ( see below ) one. It contains a virus all so wants you credit card,numbers so do not open the attachment or the virus get on you computer so I thought. I should warn all of you go bing. And type Puremobile Inc to see more.
Thank you for ordering from Puremobile Inc.
This message is to inform you that your order has been received
and is currently being processed.
Your order reference is 4380.
You will need this in all correspondence.
This receipt is NOT proof of purchase.
We will send a printed invoice by mail to your billing address.
You have chosen to pay by credit card.
Your card will be charged for the amount of 757.00 USD
and "Puremobile Inc." will appear next to the charge on your statement.
Your purchase information appears below in the file.
Puremobile Inc.
Because Telcom ads, etc. (and several other types of companies) are so common, emails like this engender "trust"...first error. They generally lead to a well constructed "Phishing" site designed only to part you from your identity.
This is a very good article about how to spot scams, and well worth everyone's time ... so do take a glance:
http://www.zdnet.com/photos/can-you-spot-a-scam-screenshots/6216474
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Reply #1 Saturday, March 26, 2011 2:12 AM
I never open emails from someone I don't know or companies. Even from places I subscribe to in many cases. I also use "view source" in my email to see if the email is legit. Even then I will go online to the actual source...that is if it's from some place I've subscribed to. Best thing is to not open emails from people you don't know...I'm surprised people still do this.