Comments on: Scammers Are Getting Smart http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/ Connecting the dots ... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:03:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/#comment-863 Anonymous Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:56:44 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/#comment-863 Thank you very much for posting this on your blog. I received this tonight and it worried me a bit. The website I was given was spacebox.info/scken4184. html and I recently downloaded a piece of virtual astronomy software for teachers, so I wondered if it had come from there. I didn't provide any banking details, but I wondered if the software had trojans or something in it. I googled it (yes, Google Australia) in case it was a scam and found your blog. So thanks again - really appreciate it!!! Thank you very much for posting this on your blog. I received this tonight and it worried me a bit. The website I was given was spacebox.info/scken4184. html and I recently downloaded a piece of virtual astronomy software for teachers, so I wondered if it had come from there. I didn’t provide any banking details, but I wondered if the software had trojans or something in it.

I googled it (yes, Google Australia) in case it was a scam and found your blog. So thanks again – really appreciate it!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/#comment-862 Anonymous Wed, 06 Sep 2006 02:48:36 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/#comment-862 Me too.. same sort of email but telling me to go to genesis-tours which I investigated but not by clicking on the link through the email. Seems like a legit business. The ending of the link said scken3184.html. I called bigpong technical advice and they were hopeless. They could not even tell me it was a scam. They just said not to worry as they will not bill my bigpond account. I wanted to find out who KR Bill was so I can tell them off. But this website solves my problem. Ill delete the email. THANK YOU SO MUCH Me too.. same sort of email but telling me to go to genesis-tours which I investigated but not by clicking on the link through the email. Seems like a legit business. The ending of the link said scken3184.html. I called bigpong technical advice and they were hopeless. They could not even tell me it was a scam. They just said not to worry as they will not bill my bigpond account. I wanted to find out who KR Bill was so I can tell them off. But this website solves my problem. Ill delete the email. THANK YOU SO MUCH

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/#comment-861 Anonymous Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:41:33 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/#comment-861 I just received two versions of this same scam email (with a different subscription name given on each). I too found the inuit software information when I went to the link. Any idea what kind of virus softwear one might need to protect against the spyware attached to this thing? Thanks for posting this blog...it has been very helpful. I just received two versions of this same scam email (with a different subscription name given on each). I too found the inuit software information when I went to the link. Any idea what kind of virus softwear one might need to protect against the spyware attached to this thing?

Thanks for posting this blog…it has been very helpful.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/#comment-856 Anonymous Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:24:07 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/#comment-856 I received a similar email yesterday morning. This one came from an apparently "real" person's email in the Legal Faculty at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, so it looks as if the university's internet security may have been breached. I received a similar email yesterday morning. This one came from an apparently “real” person’s email in the Legal Faculty at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, so it looks as if the university’s internet security may have been breached.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/#comment-860 Anonymous Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:03:40 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/#comment-860 I also got this email and clicked the link =/ usually Im careful with things like this. >:| Thanks for the the warning about it though it coulda been worse. I also got this email and clicked the link =/ usually Im careful with things like this. >:|

Thanks for the the warning about it though it coulda been worse.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/#comment-848 Anonymous Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:57:02 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/#comment-848 Could you please help to give an example website on how to test the grabbing of those source code ? Thanks a Lot ! Could you please help to give an example website on how to test the grabbing of those source code ? Thanks a Lot !

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/#comment-859 Anonymous Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:10:39 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/#comment-859 I got this email too, I clicked on the link :-O, will they be able to access my bank details? I didn't give any info or anything and have run adaware straight away afterwards. Darn, I am normally so careful about this stuff! I got this email too, I clicked on the link :-O, will they be able to access my bank details? I didn’t give any info or anything and have run adaware straight away afterwards.

Darn, I am normally so careful about this stuff!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/#comment-855 Anonymous Fri, 01 Sep 2006 21:51:48 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/#comment-855 Thanks for your reply. I have another site hosted by startlogic but it is on different servers and not affected. I notified startlogic about the situation this morning because I thought they might have a worm. Also, all the emails have been coming from Austrailia so I will probably be flooded by tomorrow. Thanks for your reply. I have another site hosted by startlogic but it is on different servers and not affected. I notified startlogic about the situation this morning because I thought they might have a worm. Also, all the emails have been coming from Austrailia so I will probably be flooded by tomorrow.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/#comment-858 Anonymous Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:53:59 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/#comment-858 Citibank has been offering this for several years now, so I suppose several other banks should, too. Citibank has been offering this for several years now, so I suppose several other banks should, too.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/#comment-854 Anonymous Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:27:56 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/08/28/scammers-are-getting-smart/#comment-854 your domain, TheStudioGallery.net, and the domain in the blog above, polarstaryouth.org, appear to be hosted at the same location startlogic.com/ipowerweb.com. They might have an issue with the security their on the servers. your domain, TheStudioGallery.net, and the domain in the blog above, polarstaryouth.org, appear to be hosted at the same location startlogic.com/ipowerweb.com. They might have an issue with the security their on the servers.

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