Strange email ??????

sinjin_smythe

i just recieved an email that claimed i had ordered some sort of electronic product for $1,700 and was wonderin is this just some stupid bogus email?? i never gave any credit card no out. So im startin to worry a little, there is no indication of my name address or credit card no in the email so its probably just some spam. And in the attachments i was unable to download it because it said it contained a virus heres the email



Attachment : Z3566043.zip (0.05 MB)

Dear Customer,

Thank you for shopping at our shop !
This e-mail is to inform you that your order has been shipped out.
The following information is for your reference (see details in the attachment):
* Order No.: Z3566043
* Order Date: 08/13/2006

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SUBTOTAL : $1,769.99
SALESTAX : $0.00
SHIPPING : $16.81
TOTAL : $1,786.80

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* Ship Via: FDX Overnight Delivery

[Ship Date :] 08/14/2006 [Tracking No:] 708745655472
Please note that if your order includes more than one package, the
packages may not be delivered at the same time due to the shipping carrier's
schedule and the delivery method, and this is out of our control.
In addition, backordered items will be shipped separately.
You may check the status of your package's progress at our website.
Simply click on "Customer Service", then log into the "Member Center".
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kc66

Delete it. Its a virus as you already know.

ball ox

just looks like spam. They don't even mention the name of the company. Also, most companies now will start a letter "Dear (insert name)". Not dear customer.
Never try to download an attatchment from a mail like that.

Karoma

Attachment : Z3566043.zip (0.05 MB)
"I wonder what this is..."

sinjin_smythe

Thanks, so nothin to worry about then ??

spurious

Not unless you opened the file.

sinjin_smythe

Nope luckily it wouldnt open using hotmail, just said it was a virus

It was this company www.circuitcity.com

john_g83

Looks like someone's gone phishing:


http://www.resellerratings.com/contact.pl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing

I did my thesis for my masters degree on these types of emails. If there is any type of a link in the email it will redirect you to a bogus website that is an exact copy of ebay, amazon citibank etc looking to get your credit card details. Just delete it. As a rule never click on a link in a email claiming to be from any of these big sites (Amazon ebay etc) and enter any type of personal details, always type the URL into your browser yourself to be sure you are on a legitimate site.

If you ever get one of these emails and want to test if it is fake, click on the link and enter fake CC details, like joe bloggs 1234 2345 1234 1234, and presto it lets you log in. Be careful out there!

lau1247

yep definitely fake..

You know, sometimes I get a little annoyed,
I just go to the site they have provide and just enter rude details..
Anyone does that just to spike them back..?

Black Swan

You may want to Google "Circuit City" homepage (the real one that is quite large in the States) and share this with them. Rest assured they will be very aggressive in going after them. They will more than likely share it also with the FBI that has a large Internet fraud unit.

hantakage

Looks like a varient of Backdoor.Haxdoor, probably O or I. Blog Writeup here ( http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2006/07/there_they_go_again_1.html )