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************************************************** ************************************************** Any info you have on phishing scams or the like should be posted here. As such scams are continuously changing, we are especially interested in what may turn out to be emerging versions of such scams. Any suspicions should be posted here. MCDB IT will look into them.
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>>>Phishing for You! "Online Banking Alert - Irregular Check Card Activity --mcdbplone, Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:40:19 -0600 reply
Well, this is definitely a Phishing scam. I don't even have an account with Bank of America.
It's an email asking me to verify my account info for my "protection."
You can see the email at:
http://mcdb.colorado.edu/facilities/mcdbit/specific-phish/boa-phish-1.html/
If you don't know what a "Phishing Scam" is, check out:
http://mcdb.colorado.edu/facilities/mcdbit/scams.html/
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>>>New Scam! "Your account have been tried to be accessed" --mcdbplone, Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:14:45 -0600 reply
Here's another new scam claiming to be from Central Bank. The impeccable grammar lends credibility to the request.
See the email here:
http://mcdb.colorado.edu/facilities/mcdbit/specific-phish/central-phish-1.html/
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Skype Scam --mcdbplone, Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:56:46 -0600 reply
This message was recieved via Skype (communication software):
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ATTENTION ! Security Center has detected malware on your computer !
Affected Software:
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Win98
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Impact of Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution / Virus Infection / Unexpected shutdowns
Recommendation: Users running vulnerable version should install a repair utility immediately
Your system IS affected, download the patch from the address below ! Failure to do so may result in severe computer malfunction.
http://wwwDOTalertmonitorDOTorg/?q=updatescan ---------------------------------------------
("DOT" replacing "." here to break the link.)
As the recipient was running a Mac, suspicions arose. This is indead a scam. Discussion of it can be found at a Skype forum, here:
http://forum.skype.com/lofiversion/index.php/t96822.html
It is mentioned there that the scam may not be limited to Skype.
