The E-Mail Scam Thread

dak · 09-13-2007, 01:46 PM

Post your good ones to inform and amuse.

Quote:

Bank Of America

We recently have determined that different computers have logged onto your Online Banking account, and multiple password failures were present before the logons. We now need you to re-confirm your account information to us.

If this is not completed by September 16, 2007, we will be forced to suspend your account indefinitely, as it may have been used for fraudulent purposes. We thank you for your cooperation in this manner.

To confirm your Online Banking records click on the following link:
(Dak note: SCAM URL BEWARE!) http://64.22.72.117/www.bankofamerica.com/index.htm (Dak note: SCAM URL BEWARE!)

Thank you for your patience in this matter.

Bank of America Customer Service

Please do not reply to this e-mail as this is only a notification. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.

© 2007 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved.

Know several people who have gotten this one in the last day or two.

Twobit Whore · 09-13-2007, 01:51 PM

I get one just like that every day. It's too bad I don't actually have a Bank of America account.

Bleh, all the ones I have are poorly formated and come out as one word. Amatuers.

Tolanin · 09-13-2007, 01:55 PM

not brave enough to click it on a pc i do banking on but i wonder if they forged the sitekeys boa uses... they are a pretty good bank about having secure online stuff imo.

Twobit Whore · 09-13-2007, 02:07 PM

I clicked one.. there is a PayPal version as well. They just basically copy the login page and hope people input their information.. but instead of logging in you give away your name/pw.

Some of them are pretty throrough and all the FAQ and Help links go to the proper page.

Eduardo · 09-13-2007, 02:56 PM

I got the bank of america one today. It might be fun to fill in their form claiming you are president of a nigerian bank and wish to transfer all funds to your bank of america account.

MrGraham · 09-13-2007, 05:08 PM

I did a college writing project composed of prose entirely harvested from spam emails, I wish I could find it, that's been like 2 hard drives ago though. Sometimes the text is white and you have to highlight. Sometimes it's obviously copied from a message board, sometimes it's excerpts from books. It doesn't seem to happen quite as much recently.

Here's some samples from my spam box. Not very good stuff, if you look you can find some gems though:

farewell
website Nights patch bringing sequel Obsidian Revert
fashioned groove.
fashioned groove. Kelis
URLs address. Keyword Address: Enclose exact
JoJoThis
dwdtegdvebegdzeldxeneecmerdteaehehbudvehef
turtle Duck wearing apart shell Inserting Clips achieved movies. blank Buttons
Tobacco
Territory Locate Symbol: Margin Cash Terms Hemscott IQAll supplied providers index TopRanked Corp.All intended
Sharks. Frolic conquer rescue aliens.. waitIf
born way. TheBiff boils unwilling idiotic actions. hate wave mistakes Spikke
fishing mining nations itself. Georges Hospital
secrecy; it is indeed the virtue of a confessor. And assuredly, the secret
to Augustus, and dissimulation to Tiberius. And again, when

Ravvenn · 09-14-2007, 01:09 PM

I got the BofA one, but I didn't click it as they had America spelled Amarica. There's one for PayPal that also says there's an open dispute on your account, when you mouseover the link it shows some other website, though, so it's easy to know it's a scam.

Soygen · 09-14-2007, 02:09 PM

I just got one from "Ebay" asking that I reconfirm my credit card/bank info on my Ebay account.

spronk · 09-14-2007, 04:43 PM

Whats sad is a lot of this spam is being sent by this massive "storm" network. Basically some hackers have managed to hijaack over 2 million PCs around the world with trojans/worms and have a massive PC network at their disposal. Its more powerful than any supercomputer in the world.

Over 40% of the internet traffic in the US is now spam mail. Just blows away P2P, funny how you don't hear ISPs bitch much about it.

What'll be sad/cool/ironic/? is if some hackers manage to get enough distributed PCs infected and somehow bootstrap an AI. Totally scifi and unlikely, but a cool idea

gmail does an amazing job btw of filtering spam, whereas yahoo mail seems to totally suck balls at it.

Soygen · 09-14-2007, 06:47 PM

Yeah, very very rarely do I get spam in the inbox on my Gmail account. Funny enough, the Ebay scam I just mentioned did get past their filter.

PerritoBites · 11-28-2007, 07:04 AM

Quote:

I am Mr. Lee Raymond Wing Hung,Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer,Bank of China, Tower Branch,Hong Kong.I have a business proposal of US$12.7million for you.Contact me for more details.

Got this today

Hippos II · 11-28-2007, 07:16 AM

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09-14-2007, 01:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
Ravvenn Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,844 +16 Internets	I got the BofA one, but I didn't click it as they had America spelled Amarica. There's one for PayPal that also says there's an open dispute on your account, when you mouseover the link it shows some other website, though, so it's easy to know it's a scam. __________________ Melia

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09-13-2007, 01:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
Twobit Whore Insert Quarter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 8,811 -26 Internets	I get one just like that every day. It's too bad I don't actually have a Bank of America account. Bleh, all the ones I have are poorly formated and come out as one word. Amatuers.

09-13-2007, 01:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tolanin h8 Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,832 -17 Internets	not brave enough to click it on a pc i do banking on but i wonder if they forged the sitekeys boa uses... they are a pretty good bank about having secure online stuff imo.

09-13-2007, 02:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
Twobit Whore Insert Quarter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 8,811 -26 Internets	I clicked one.. there is a PayPal version as well. They just basically copy the login page and hope people input their information.. but instead of logging in you give away your name/pw. Some of them are pretty throrough and all the FAQ and Help links go to the proper page.

09-13-2007, 02:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
Eduardo is not my name Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 462 -4 Internets	I got the bank of america one today. It might be fun to fill in their form claiming you are president of a nigerian bank and wish to transfer all funds to your bank of america account.

09-13-2007, 05:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
MrGraham Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 892 +2 Internets	I did a college writing project composed of prose entirely harvested from spam emails, I wish I could find it, that's been like 2 hard drives ago though. Sometimes the text is white and you have to highlight. Sometimes it's obviously copied from a message board, sometimes it's excerpts from books. It doesn't seem to happen quite as much recently. Here's some samples from my spam box. Not very good stuff, if you look you can find some gems though: farewell website Nights patch bringing sequel Obsidian Revert fashioned groove. fashioned groove. Kelis URLs address. Keyword Address: Enclose exact JoJoThis dwdtegdvebegdzeldxeneecmerdteaehehbudvehef turtle Duck wearing apart shell Inserting Clips achieved movies. blank Buttons Tobacco Territory Locate Symbol: Margin Cash Terms Hemscott IQAll supplied providers index TopRanked Corp.All intended Sharks. Frolic conquer rescue aliens.. waitIf born way. TheBiff boils unwilling idiotic actions. hate wave mistakes Spikke fishing mining nations itself. Georges Hospital secrecy; it is indeed the virtue of a confessor. And assuredly, the secret to Augustus, and dissimulation to Tiberius. And again, when

09-14-2007, 02:09 PM	#8 (permalink)
Soygen 100% Pure Soy Monk Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Posts: 6,176 +19 Internets	I just got one from "Ebay" asking that I reconfirm my credit card/bank info on my Ebay account.

09-14-2007, 04:43 PM	#9 (permalink)
spronk nerd Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,377	Whats sad is a lot of this spam is being sent by this massive "storm" network. Basically some hackers have managed to hijaack over 2 million PCs around the world with trojans/worms and have a massive PC network at their disposal. Its more powerful than any supercomputer in the world. Over 40% of the internet traffic in the US is now spam mail. Just blows away P2P, funny how you don't hear ISPs bitch much about it. What'll be sad/cool/ironic/? is if some hackers manage to get enough distributed PCs infected and somehow bootstrap an AI. Totally scifi and unlikely, but a cool idea gmail does an amazing job btw of filtering spam, whereas yahoo mail seems to totally suck balls at it.

09-14-2007, 06:47 PM	#10 (permalink)
Soygen 100% Pure Soy Monk Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Posts: 6,176 +19 Internets	Yeah, very very rarely do I get spam in the inbox on my Gmail account. Funny enough, the Ebay scam I just mentioned did get past their filter.

11-28-2007, 07:16 AM	#12 (permalink)
Hippos II Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 684 -1 Internets	Footage of all 15 British sailors and marines have beenof Balochistan.a new MSN New Zealand homepage.Alabama which were tabbed by a prosecutor in Albany