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Scam emails and SMSs
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BEWARE
And there is this one targeting ABSA customers (ABSA have not responded to the warning, it's as if they don't care)
it looks like this:
And there is this one targeting ABSA customers (ABSA have not responded to the warning, it's as if they don't care)
it looks like this:
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From [email protected] Mon Jan 11 15:25:41 2010 Received: from caiajhbihbdd.dreamhost.com ([208.97.187.133] helo=webmail3.g.dreamhost.com) by serve11.serve-hosting.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from <[email protected]>) id 1NUKH5-0005QR-EQ for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:25:41 +0200 Received: by webmail3.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix, from userid 999) id 0558E142EF; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:25:37 -0800 (PST) To: undisclosed-recipients: ; Subject: Online Secure Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:25:37 -0800 From: Absa Bank <[email protected]> Organization: Absa Bank Reply-To: [email protected] Message-ID: <0de7687ee73589998515161c776dcf3f@localhost> X-Sender: [email protected] User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.2-stable Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_a240aacbff9542e5cec292df781c5503" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.5 X-Spam-Score: -14 X-Spam-Bar: - X-Spam-Flag: NO --=_a240aacbff9542e5cec292df781c5503 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Customer Absa Bank have been receiving complaints from our Customers about unauthorised use of their Online Bank Accounts. As a result we periodically review certain Customers' Accounts and temporarily restrict access to those which we=20 think are vulnerable to unauthorised use. This message has been sent to you from Absa Bank because we have noticed some invalid login attempts into your account. Due to this we are temporarily limiting and restricting your account access until we confirm your identity. To confirm your identity and avoid limitations to your Online Banking Access, Please click on this link [1] ABSA BANK =20 Links: ------ [1] http://abayomidaleko.com/abassrvn/index.php --=_a240aacbff9542e5cec292df781c5503 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" <p> </p> <div> <pre> <span style=3D"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"> <div> Dear Customer</div> <div> </div> <div> Absa Bank have been receiving complaints from our Customers about unauthori= sed use of their Online Bank Accounts.</div> <div> As a result we periodically review certain Customers' Accounts and temporar= ily restrict access to those which we </div> <div> think are vulnerable to unauthorised use.</div> <div> </div> <div> This message has been sent to you from Absa Bank because we have noticed so= me invalid login attempts into your account.</div> <div> Due to this we are temporarily limiting and restricting your account access= until we confirm your identity.</div> <div> </div> <div> To confirm your identity and avoid limitations to your Online Banking Acces= s,</div> <div> <a href=3D"http://abayomidaleko.com/abassrvn/index.php"><span style=3D"colo= r: #0000ff;"><span style=3D"text-decoration: underline;">Please click on th= is link</span></span></a></div> <div> <span style=3D"color: #000000;"> </span></div> <div> <span style=3D"color: #000000;"><strong>ABSA BANK</strong></span></div> </span> </pre> </div> --=_a240aacbff9542e5cec292df781c5503--The_Unbeliever
Honorary Master
Almost as if they know that the SA Consumer is not so clued-up.
Crook spam
Do people actually still fall for this. I had a very intelligent colleague years back that got a email saying he won the UK lottery and had to pay thousands to get his money which he did pay. Making him aware that he never bought a lottery ticket was no help. He insisted that he must have won it through a Coca Cola competition somehow. Asking him to contact Coca Cola to make sure was no help either. he lost all the money of course and was furious.
Intelligence does not seem to prevent stupidity.:wtf:
Do people actually still fall for this. I had a very intelligent colleague years back that got a email saying he won the UK lottery and had to pay thousands to get his money which he did pay. Making him aware that he never bought a lottery ticket was no help. He insisted that he must have won it through a Coca Cola competition somehow. Asking him to contact Coca Cola to make sure was no help either. he lost all the money of course and was furious.
Intelligence does not seem to prevent stupidity.:wtf:
I received an SMS from +2782007005215701: "Think you can beat Sunshine Tour Pro golfers off your handicap at Pretoria Country Club in 2010? reply "yes" for FREE entry or go to www.vodachamps.co.za
Since Vodacom has repeatedly confirmed that they will never again send me such SMS I can only surmise it must be someone making them look like idiotic spammers. We all know Vodacom will NEVER spam anyone
Since Vodacom has repeatedly confirmed that they will never again send me such SMS I can only surmise it must be someone making them look like idiotic spammers. We all know Vodacom will NEVER spam anyone
ToAsTeD
Expert Member
I receive this scam quite regularly. Passing it onto the abuse department at Absa, doesnt normally get a response. have sort of given up.
zamicro
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New day, new tricks.
serv_co_za
Well-Known Member
Best would be to always CC the hosting provider so they can also stop the spam being sent via one of their customers in this case ours.
In most cases the hosting providers will always reply much faster than the service providers i.e. absa, cause their name is on the line as spam is being sent from their network.
Please forward abuse mail to [email protected] or [email protected]
*loving Google Alerts
*
In most cases the hosting providers will always reply much faster than the service providers i.e. absa, cause their name is on the line as spam is being sent from their network.
Please forward abuse mail to [email protected] or [email protected]
*loving Google Alerts
*The_Unbeliever
Honorary Master
his own fault. he had all the evidence, yet ignored it in the hope to get something bigger.
Avenue
Expert Member
yeah my uncle fell for one of those Nigerian- I want to move 30 million dollars into SA- scams..... twice!!!!!!!! :wtf:
Me too... Haven't had an account with them for ages though... Then again, it does not harm to go and "log in" with a fictitious card number, PIN and very abusive password, or does it? :twisted:
Guess what, Serv is my ISP. check the code which I left intact:Best would be to always CC the hosting provider so they can also stop the spam being sent via one of their customers in this case ours.
In most cases the hosting providers will always reply much faster than the service providers i.e. absa, cause their name is on the line as spam is being sent from their network.
Please forward abuse mail to [email protected] or [email protected]
*loving Google Alerts
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?p=3523937#post3523937
Dear Serv
Please filter that kind of SCAM mail BEFORE it reaches my Boxtrapper filter. Thanks.
(Duplicate of this request will be sent from Roundcube. Thanks.)
New one in my boxtrapper this morning, but webmail is not sending e-mail to serv support:
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From [email protected] Wed Jan 13 11:02:55 2010
Received: from ns.sixbox.cz ([82.117.130.180])
by serve11.serve-hosting.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69)
(envelope-from <[email protected]>)
id 1NUz7u-00068h-G7
for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:02:55 +0200
Received: from localhost (ns.sixbox.cz [127.0.0.1])
by ns.sixbox.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id A745629F9C3;
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:42:28 +0100 (CET)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at sixbox.cz
Received: from ns.sixbox.cz ([127.0.0.1])
by localhost (ns.sixbox.cz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024)
with LMTP id NVSLScnE7Qkn; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:42:27 +0100 (CET)
Received: by ns.sixbox.cz (Postfix, from userid 48)
id 1460D29FB61; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:39:31 +0100 (CET)
Received: from 41.211.230.253
(SquirrelMail authenticated user [email protected])
by webmail.sixbox.cz with HTTP;
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:39:30 +0100 (CET)
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:39:30 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Attention: New Security Program
From: "Absa Bank" <[email protected]>
User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8-4.0.1.el4.centos
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
Importance: Normal
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0
X-Spam-Score: -19
X-Spam-Bar: --
X-Spam-Flag: NO
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Absa Bankdiabolus
Executive Member
At least Gmail is religiously filtering [placing it into my spam folder] most of this crap. I did however receive an exceptional amount of lottery win emails [from Shell / UK / Yahoo / etc] in the last 2 weeks, which i promptly reported and wiped.
Having a look at my gmail spam folder, i noticed a massive increase in ABSA phishing mail scams, but it all skips my inbox...google already knows how to go through my private email and how to filter them
Having a look at my gmail spam folder, i noticed a massive increase in ABSA phishing mail scams, but it all skips my inbox...google already knows how to go through my private email and how to filter them
porchrat
Honorary Master
At least Gmail is religiously filtering [placing it into my spam folder] most of this crap. I did however receive an exceptional amount of lottery win emails [from Shell / UK / Yahoo / etc] in the last 2 weeks, which i promptly reported and wiped.
Having a look at my gmail spam folder, i noticed a massive increase in ABSA phishing mail scams, but it all skips my inbox...google already knows how to go through my private email and how to filter them
Also perhaps some of the Chinese spies that are looking at the contents of your gmail account might fall for one of these scams while they are snooping around. Win-win situation.
KhoisanX
Expert Member
At least Gmail is religiously filtering [placing it into my spam folder] most of this crap. I did however receive an exceptional amount of lottery win emails [from Shell / UK / Yahoo / etc] in the last 2 weeks, which i promptly reported and wiped.
Having a look at my gmail spam folder, i noticed a massive increase in ABSA phishing mail scams, but it all skips my inbox...google already knows how to go through my private email and how to filter them
Where are these ABSA e-mails coming from, i.e. why are they from [email protected]?
cybersect [clone of Skeptik]
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You can use intertube mail server to pretend you are another domain. Rogue tube server configured by naughty clever ppl.
mika1000
Expert Member
I've received about fifty ABSA emails aswell. It's very laughable, as I don't bank with ABSA. Forwarded them all to ABSA, and then delete them.
"Dear Value Absa Customer :
True to our promise to keep your internet banking account safe
and secure from fraudsters,our online security team has
discovered some foreign ip Log Ons to your account from
the following IPs : 812.164.72.212 ,195.93.21.10,
201.6.121.78.
Due to this,your internet banking has been blocked for
your safety until you confirm your IP address.
Confirm Your IP Address
Please understand that this is a new security measure brought in to Absa
for the security of your internet banking activities.
From ABSA [email protected]"
Its so silly, its funny!
"Dear Value Absa Customer :
True to our promise to keep your internet banking account safe
and secure from fraudsters,our online security team has
discovered some foreign ip Log Ons to your account from
the following IPs : 812.164.72.212 ,195.93.21.10,
201.6.121.78.
Due to this,your internet banking has been blocked for
your safety until you confirm your IP address.
Confirm Your IP Address
Please understand that this is a new security measure brought in to Absa
for the security of your internet banking activities.
From ABSA [email protected]"
Its so silly, its funny!