Jonzjob Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Dear Customer:Your billing address doesn't match with your shipping address, please provide the following information in order for us to process your order.1. Name of the issuing bank. 2. 3 digits security code on the back of your credit card, or 4 digits code in front of the card for "American Express"3. Customer service number behind you credit card.4. Correct billing address of your credit card. Thank You. Kenneth Ngwww.calcellular.comCell Phone AccessoriesDigital Camera Camcorder BatteriesFashion & Chronograph Watches Above is an e-mail I received at the end of last year. I had just ordered some stuff from the U.S.A. The web address is correct and the company details below it are correct too, but when I tried to access it by clicking on it it failed. This clown must have information that I had placed the order and I had thought of giving him some details of the Vatican Bank, but thought better of it. I am waiting, but not holding my breath, for a reply from the firm.Be awair that these people are getting more crafty. If I get a reply from the firm that it was from them then they can still sing, because I am not about to put my banking details in an e-mail!! They will also get a rocket from me for trying to be so very stupid over their security!John.P.S. I double checked my order and the 2 addresses are the same and correct [H]!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 We've had a few lately purpouting to be from organisations suchas PayPal for goods or services that we haven't actually ordered. Theylook pretty authentic and have details of the "original" transactionare in an attached file. The hope is that in confusion one clicks onthe attachment which, whoops, turns out to be a trojen or similar. Timeand again, the €50 a year I spend on 'Bitdefender' (which I wouldcheerfully recommend to anyone - it's not as user friendly as Norton,but it seems to me at least to be more robust - we had some realnightmares when running Norton) looks like bloody good value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Perhaps some one can tell me how to stop someone else using my E-Mail address, I have had a huge number of bounce backs in the last few days which I certainly didn't send and I haven't opened the attachments which came with them! Also, yesterday I won a huge sum of money from the UNITED NATIONS???Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 You can't - at least not if you continue to use the internet! Your address has been spoofed by a worm, which is probably on someone else's machine. If your AV is up-to-date you will just have to wait for it to die down. I am getting many (50+ a day) 'Registration Confirmation' emails, but these are all taken out by Entourage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 It would appear that the e-mail was genuine and that the American company actually wanted me to send some very useful, to a thief, info over the wonderfully secure e-mail network!!!How stupid can you get?John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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