Email Received

Johnboy1951

I received an email today from

getmore@eircom.ie

It began

Thank you again for taking the time to speak with me. As an eircom customer, not only can you be assured of excellent quality and award-winning service, but you are eligible for a whole host of great value-add services and packages.

I did not ring Eircom ..... did field a call from an Eircom rep offering me a reduced rate if I signed a new contract, which I refused.

The majority of the links in the email are genuine, so I guess the email is genuine spam.

It also has the following

If you are unable to see the images in this email please click here

That 'click here' link shows as:-
file:///D:/userdata/mooreai/Local%20Settings/Temp/Temporary%20Directory%201%20for%203831-get-more-with-eircom.zip/3831-get-more-with-eircom/index.html#

Seems Eircom cannot even get their spam right!

It also has an unsubscribe link at the bottom ....... for something I never subscribed to?

eircom: Ant

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

I received an email today from

getmore@eircom.ie

It began


I did not ring Eircom ..... did field a call from an Eircom rep offering me a reduced rate if I signed a new contract, which I refused.

The majority of the links in the email are genuine, so I guess the email is genuine spam.

It also has the following


That 'click here' link shows as:-
file:///D:/userdata/mooreai/Local%20Settings/Temp/Temporary%20Directory%201%20for%203831-get-more-with-eircom.zip/3831-get-more-with-eircom/index.html#

Seems Eircom cannot even get their spam right!

It also has an unsubscribe link at the bottom ....... for something I never subscribed to?

Apologies Johnboy, it does look like you're right on this one. I've checked with Customer Care and Technical Support. They confirm that they are unaware of this email address.

Both are not reporting other customers receiving this spam directly. Although this email does appear genuine (.ie address). As you're probably aware, it is possible to generate an alias or pseudo email link. This often will appear as a being a genuine email from the organisation. Though if you reply to this email, it then is redirected to the spammer or to a illicit agency.

In general you should always take care when opening emails that you are suspicious of, as you have done.

eircom's policy on this is : eircom will never ask for account details by e-mail. If you receive an e-mail asking for these details, report them to abuse@eircom.net . If you need to look up the details in the phonebook on their official website, do not use the details given in the e-mail!, and do not enter any details.

For all: Any one experiencing email spam issues like this some further suggestions are listed on our Support website below :

How do I protect myself from Spam?

I appreciate reporting this issue. If you need any further assistance with your email let me know.

Best wishes,
Ant

Johnboy1951

It should be possible to locate the PC from which this email was sent with the following info .....

file:////userdata/mooreai/Local%20Settings/Temp/Temporary%20Directory%201%20for%203831-get-more-with-eircom.zip/3831-get-more-with-eircom/index.html#





All the links that I have checked in the graphic are genuine Eircom.
There is no indication that this email originated from anywhere other than Eircom itself.

It would appear to me that Eircom have something to sort out.

Hopefully the above info is sufficient to stop this happening again or to others.

java

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

There is no indication that this email originated from anywhere other than Eircom itself.

Yes there is. The originating mail server is not eircom. See the line
"Received: from www3.allnone.ie [82.195.135.134]"

All the other entries in the header relate to delivery to your eircom.net email address.

Johnboy1951

A Dublin address ....

inetnum:        82.195.135.132 - 82.195.135.255
netname:        HOSTING-365-1
descr:          Hosting 365 Limited 8th /24
country:        IE
admin-c:        HA1032-RIPE
tech-c:         HE674-RIPE
status:         ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by:         MNT-HOSTING365
source:         RIPE # Filtered

role:           Hosting365 Administrators
address:        5 Beckett Way
                Park West Business Park
                Dublin 12
                Ireland