**BEWARE OF THE ONLINE SCAM**

quinnie123ie

I hope i am posting this in the correct area, but people need to be made aware... there are people hijacking hotmail accounts and sending the following email to all contacts in the account "HeyHow are you doing? I ordered one white 3gs apple iphone from one good website faonyt.com , much cheaper but brand new ,agenuine , You can check it if you would like .Cheers" it looks like it has come from a friend or family member & the offers on the site are amazing... i have to admit i nearly bought a HP laptop for €300... they offer a bank transfer which my back have confirmed is not secure... proof this site is a scam is all over the web if you google the address & here is a real case of somebody who has been burned: http://community.travelchinaguide.com/forum2.asp?i=55667 I hope this prevents anyone on here being scammed, ByeSteve

The Lovely Muffin

I'm not sure if it's just Hotmail they're using as I use Yahoo! and have been getting email like this for the past few weeks. Sometimes they go to my inbox and other times to my spam box. Does anyone know of a way to stop spam emails getting into my inbox please?

If my email address has been hacked, then it is the second time it has happened to me, as before (earlier this year) someone used me email to sign up to Twitter using all my details and then logged into my email to see the validation email Twitter sent.

An example of two, currently in my spam box.

From:
Charley Beard <SENDER EMAIL ADDRESS HERE>

To: <MY EMAIL ADDRESS HERE>

Incredible solution for smallsized babymakers!

Enjoy full bedroom life. http://xee.baknouwno.com/

From:
LISA TIPTON <SENDER EMAIL ADDRESS HERE>

To: <MY EMAIL ADDRESS HERE>

Hello, dear

Hello, dear
Please forgive us to disturb your precious time.We are Tai Pingyang company.This is a electronic company.one of the biggest international trading wholesalers in China.We mainly sell electrical products,such as laptop, lcd tv, camera ,mobile,Mp4, and so on.
We can offer the high quality and competitive price, and all the products come with international warranty. If you have time, please visit our website: www.Seiol.com


E-MAILL / MSN: *******@Seiol.com
TEL: **************

If anyone wants the proper email addresses and numbers from the email I received, PM me and I will send them to you, if that's ok with mods/admins. I won't, however, give my email address to anyone. Sorry.

genie

My Mum's hotmail address has also been hacked and used to send SPAM. I don't know how they do it as she only uses her 'safe list' and sends/receives e-mail from no-one else. :rolleyes:

The Lovely Muffin

Got another of these emails today.

I'm gonna have to change my email seen as how these people have my first and last name.

Re: About $3.8million USD is your Birth full name (Orlaith Orlaith <MY SURNAME HERE>) Reply asap
...
From: Barrister Royal Bryan <SENDER EMAIL ADDRESS HERE>

To: <MY EMAIL ADDRESS HERE>

Dear Orlaith Orlaith <MY SURNAME HERE>,

I am Barrister Royal Bryan from Oxford United Kingdom. I checked in an Hotel few days ago in Texas Houston USA on an occassion. Few years, I was working with a good partner that has same full name with you, although he is no more, he is dead and he was from Ireland.He had lots of properties and Funds in Banks still available, I had many things to say but I couldnt get anyone that has same name with this partner to stand for him as next of kin to claim all these financial breakthrough.And I just got on my laptops today and here still searching for a name (Orlaith Orlaith Fitzgerald) And I finanly got my search meaningful when I had to email you.

Please I have an information for you about 3.8Millions USD as a Barrister I will explain things to you.

Just let me know your real name and contact number. If that is your name then our dreams is coming true. I promise to call you on phone if we can get on .

Do reply me and let me burst the information. Meanwhile I need your full trust and respect, do honour me when replying.

Thanks

Signed

Barr Royal Bryan

Praetorious

My Hotmail account was attacked yesterday after receiving replies from people in my contact list wondering why I was endorsing faonyt.com to buy an iphone.
The scammers had stolen my contact list, used it to send this bogus email suggesting people go to their website, and then they erased my contact list. This immediately rang an alarm bell with Microsoft who branded me a scammer myself for sending so many emails at once. So they temporarily switched off my ability to send any more!
Oh yes, just rub it in, they changed my junk mail settings to 'exclusive' and switched on the other setting: 'delete all junk mail as soon as it arrives'. Very Clever. Since I no longer had any contacts, when they replied, they went straight to junk where they were deleted. So, it took me some time to realise what had happened.
I reported it to Microsoft, but got no reply - it looked like they were snowed under with similar tales from this scammer.
Eventually, I recreated my contact list from my sent folder, scanned my machine using Microsoft Malicious Softwae Removal Tool, Norton, and AdAware. Then after that cleanup I changed my password.
So, watch out.

yermanoffthetv

-Orlaith- wrote: »

Got another of these emails today.

I'm gonna have to change my email seen as how these people have my first and last name.

Check out this site http://www.419eater.com/. Experts at scamming the scammers! The fourm there is probably a good place to find out what to do in these situations. Check out their own "scambait" archive if you really want a laugh tho!