Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Another Phishing Pretend Paypal Email

Return-path: angiezuizat_kecz@mninter.net
Reply-To: "PayPal Online" angiezuizat_kecz@mninter.net
From: "PayPal Online" angiezuizat_kecz@mninter.net

-Yeah right... Of course, one look at the full headers shows this isn't Paypal.

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.0.2)
Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02
To: "kefka" kefka@isp.net, "kefka" keko@isp.net,
"kefka" email@isp.net, "kefka" kevin888@isp.net

-Oh, this is rich. So, you can't even decide which one of these is "Kefka" You
are sad, really sad.

Subject: PayPal

-No, not Paypal, actually.

Dear kefka,

-I'm not Kefka - and this just goes even further to prove you're not really
Paypal.

In accordance with our major database relocation, we are currently having
major adjustments and updates of user accounts to verify that the
informations you have provided with us during the sign-up process are true
and correct.

-How can you manage that when you can't even write a coherent English sentence?
"informations" is incorrect.

However, we have noticed some discrepancies regarding your
account at Paypal. Possible causes are inaccurate contact information and
invalid logout process.

-Actually, chude, the problem lies with you. You don't know anything about my
account, and that's a good thing.

We require you to complete an account verification procedure as part of our
security measure.
You must click the link below to complete the process.

(malicious link deleted)

-Actually no... Paypal never sends out emails requiring anyone to click a link.
This bogus email is what is known as phishing, where a spammer uses a malicious
link to try getting people's information for purposes of anything from sending
them more junk email to taking over their computer to use as a zomby spammer.

So no, chude, I don't want your malware or my computer to serve in your stupid
spamming outfit, so refuse to click your stupid link.

Unable to do so may result to abnormal account behavior during
transactions.

-Bull. Actually, clicking that link would likely result in one's computer
getting creamed and their details sold to tons of spammers all over the net.

Thank you for using PayPal!

-You're not Paypal, so I don't know why it matters to you one way or another
whether I or this fictional Kefka chude uses Paypal.

The PayPal Team

-No, you're not the Paypal team...

Blacklisted.

Friday, November 16, 2007

Spammers Are Football Fans Now?

Well, it looks as if spammers are trying to get football fans to click on their
cruddy malware sites.

Via Mailwasher I was able to look and laugh at the message w/o any harm to my
system, and then blacklist the spammer.

Return-path: YourJersey@marriagesocialist.com

-MarriageSocialist? - I'm not looking to get married, and am not a socialist or
interested in marrying one.

From: FootballJersey FootballJersey@tfqxs.marriagesocialist.com
Subject: Who is your favourite Football team

-None - as well as none of your business...

Visit-us here, if you cannot view the image below.

-Nope, chude, not interested in your malware... Site deleted.

Blacklisted.