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hoax eircom email

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  • 12-06-2008 5:28pm
    #1
    masterwriter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭


    This is a hoax email just in case anyone would be caught

    Greetings to you,
    This is to formally notify you that we are presently working on the
    eircom.net, and this can close your webmail account with
    eircom.net completely.
    To avoid this, please send your surname and password to eircom.net customer
    care email address: web_customercentre14@live.com Please do this,so your
    eircom.net account can be protected from being close.
    Your immediate response is highly needed.


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    #2
    Khannie
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 37,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Muuaaaahahahahaha.

    "Hi...can I have your credit card details please! Most urgent!"


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    #3
    Mad Dog
    Registered Users Posts: 743 ✭✭✭Mad Dog


    Khannie wrote: »
    Muuaaaahahahahaha.

    "Hi...can I have your credit card details please! Most urgent!"

    And while you're at it, can I have your pin number too **** :D:D


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    #4
    masterwriter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭masterwriter


    Well some folk may have got caught


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    #5
    Deliverance XXV
    Registered Users Posts: 1,757 ✭✭✭Deliverance XXV


    I have received two Eircom related phishing emails in the last six months, I have since forwarded them on to Eircom.

    Yeah, I definitely could see some elderly person falling for that. Despite the Hotmail reply-to email address.


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    #6
    masterwriter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭masterwriter


    King Nothing wrote: »
    Despite the Hotmail reply-to email address.
    How can you tell it is hotmail address when it is supportz@eircom.net How do they fake the @eircom.net part in a hotmail address? The z in support is a real give away


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    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    masterwriter wrote: »
    How can you tell it is hotmail address when it is supportz@eircom.net How do they fake the @eircom.net part in a hotmail address? The z in support is a real give away

    @live.com is a dead giveaway


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    #8
    masterwriter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭masterwriter


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    @live.com is a dead giveaway
    Of course. But how is it when you right click the message and click properties it gives the @eircom.net address


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    #9
    muggyog
    Registered Users Posts: 720 ✭✭✭muggyog


    Greetings to you

    Obviously sent by the Martian 'customercentre'!! :D


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    Deliverance XXV
    Registered Users Posts: 1,757 ✭✭✭Deliverance XXV


    masterwriter wrote: »
    Of course. But how is it when you right click the message and click properties it gives the @eircom.net address

    As a CC address??
    Why didn't they send from that address?
    To create an Eircom email address you have to be an Eircom customer.
    Certainly not 100% traceable/foolproof as someone could just steal an Eircom customer's wireless signal and register and email from there under the Eircom customer's IP.


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    #11
    masterwriter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭masterwriter


    King Nothing wrote: »
    As a CC address??
    I don't think it is cc. am I wrong?
    Why didn't they send from that address?
    as far as I understand they did


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    #12
    Blowfish
    Registered Users Posts: 5,112 ✭✭✭Blowfish


    masterwriter wrote: »
    I don't think it is cc. am I wrong?as far as I understand they did
    Email headers can be faked and is likely what they did in this case.

    [edit]Example.


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    MrParanoid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 78 ✭✭MrParanoid


    You can fake a sent from address, you can just use a SMTP server (which most of them still dont use a user name / password, just for recieving mail because thats connected to your account, but sending does not need verification) i can just use (im guessing) smtp.eircom.net and fill in any sent from address that i want. The only thing that will really give it off is the IP address it was sent from, and if their smart they spoofed that :)


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    Khannie
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 37,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    masterwriter wrote: »
    Well some folk may have got caught

    Oh I agree. I think it's decent to put up stuff like that, especially when it's targetted directly at Irish users. I just think it's a very bad attempt to scam people.


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    masterwriter wrote: »
    Greetings to you,
    This is to formally notify you that we are presently working on the
    eircom.net, and this can close your webmail account with
    eircom.net completely.
    To avoid this, please send your surname and password to eircom.net customer
    care email address: web_customercentre14@live.com Please do this,so your
    eircom.net account can be protected from being close.
    Your immediate response is highly needed.
    It's even written in Nigerian English


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    #16
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    masterwriter wrote: »
    Well some folk may have got caught

    And if they did its their own fault :rolleyes:


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