Fraud emails

[badapple]

Anybody getting these bullsh*t email lately?

I have been getting about 4 emails like this a day.
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Date: Monday, August 3, 2009 12:42 AM
From: Abbey National Bank Plc <[email protected]>
To:
Subject: Important: Protect Yourself Against Internet Fraud
Size: 3 KB


We are upgrading to the Santander Group network now and we need all our numerous customers to verify their Log in Details

Click here to update.
You are strongly advise to do this now.

This is an automated message from Abbey National PLC

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These criminals are still trying it on.
Peeps be careful, any official email will always address you by your NAME and will NEVER ask for your login(security) details.

[shakingallover]

Appreciated

Thanks for the heads up. Mucho appreciato.

[bandit boy]

I must admit that you have to be very carefull there is so many scams going on all the time

[dctyper]

do this to stop it, well funny.

ok get the source code by right clicking the email and select view header. this will give you the ip address of where the email originated from. go to an ip address finder on the web and insert the ip address. this should show you the rough location on a map, where it came from. send the pic to the arsehole and let them sweat!!

[chroma]

do this to stop it, well funny.

ok get the source code by right clicking the email and select view header. this will give you the ip address of where the email originated from. go to an ip address finder on the web and insert the ip address. this should show you the rough location on a map, where it came from. send the pic to the arsehole and let them sweat!!

They're wildly inaccurate.
point in case apparently i was in London, a quick IP renewal and im now in Dublin.
Your better just doing a whhois and finding the support and abuse mailto and notifying them theres a fraudster originating from their IP Block.

[dctyper]

not doing it properly then, i can get it to the correct town

[chroma]

not doing it properly then, i can get it to the correct town

And just how can you input your own IP address improperly?

[badapple]

Here is another received yesterday.



Dear Customer,

Customer Number: (Not Disclosed)



We've been notified by HM Revenue & Customs that your tax payment refund has accrued up to Ј981.87, you are advised to respond with effect so that we will process your refund through your online banking. Kindly respond to this mail so that your tax refund will be processed and paid under 72hours of receiving the information that we've requested for.

On going through files 01/08/2009, we discovered that your file was dumped untreated by the HM Revenue & Customs Secretary, Mr. Paul Gray, so at this juncture, we apologize for the delay of your tax refund payment.

Please click here to verify your account information.

The tax refund payment will not be initiated if we do not receive your credentials.




Thanks.



Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank, a trading division of Alliance & Leicester plc. Registered Office: Carlton Park, Narborough, Leicester, LE19 0AL. Company No: 3263713. Registered in England.

Alliance & Leicester plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Our FSA register number is 189099.

Copyright (c) Alliance & Leicester plc. All rights reserved.

[dctyper]

And just how can you input your own IP address improperly?

good point, ill forward the link i use, its accurate to the correct town at least

[aftermath]

Another one that is going around is - if you are on some mailing lists, you can get mass emailed.

everytime someone clicks on the unsubscribe link, the rest of the people on the mailing list gets an email

i was getting hundreds a day and took me a week to stop them all by adding every one to the junk senders.

[waqasahmed]

I place these people in my blocked list and I am getting so much less spam email now(I still am getting a lot though!)