Advice Required - Possible Scam or Fraud

[neonlyte]

I just received this e-mail indicating I've bought a computer (I haven't) - I've omitted the attachment which was just a 22byte .zip file.

I'm fairly certain this is an attempt to extract info from my computer, though the company appears to be legitimate - I sent them an e-mail with a copy of what they are supposed to have sent to me.

Anyone seen anything similar?

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From: customercare@butterflyphoto.com
Date: 13 October 2006 21:11:50 BST
To: mikemunyi@mac.com
Subject: Order Confirmation number: 37679041


Dear Customer,

Thank you for ordering from our internet shop. If you paid with a credit card, the charge on your statement will be from name of our shop.

This email is to confirm the receipt of your order. Please do not reply as this email was sent from our automated confirmation system.

Date : 08 Oct 2006 - 12:40
Order ID : 37679041

Payment by Credit card

Product : Quantity : Price
WJM-PSP - Sony VAIO SZ370 C2D T7200 : 1 : 2,449.99

Subtotal : 2,449.99
Shipping : 32.88
TOTAL : 2,482.87

Your Order Summary located in the attachment file ( self-extracting archive with "37679041.pdf" file ).

PDF (Portable Document Format) files are created by Adobe Acrobat software and can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
If you do not already have this viewer configured on a local drive, you may download it for free from Adobe's Web site.

We will ship your order from the warehouse nearest to you that has your items in stock (NY, TN, UT & CA). We strive to ship all orders the same day, but please allow 24hrs for processing.

You will receive another email with tracking information soon.

We hope you enjoy your order! Thank you for shopping with us!

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Neonlyte

 

[MissBri]

 

[gauchecritic]

Several sooner or laters someone has recently ordered a computer and opens the infected file.

You'd probably be as well telling symantec about it.

 

[English Lady]

I just received this e-mail indicating I've bought a computer (I haven't) - I've omitted the attachment which was just a 22byte .zip file.

I'm fairly certain this is an attempt to extract info from my computer, though the company appears to be legitimate - I sent them an e-mail with a copy of what they are supposed to have sent to me.

Anyone seen anything similar?

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order_37679041.exe was infected with the malicious virus Downloader and has been deleted because the file cannot be cleaned.


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From: customercare@butterflyphoto.com
Date: 13 October 2006 21:11:50 BST
To: mikemunyi@mac.com
Subject: Order Confirmation number: 37679041


Dear Customer,

Thank you for ordering from our internet shop. If you paid with a credit card, the charge on your statement will be from name of our shop.

This email is to confirm the receipt of your order. Please do not reply as this email was sent from our automated confirmation system.

Date : 08 Oct 2006 - 12:40
Order ID : 37679041

Payment by Credit card

Product : Quantity : Price
WJM-PSP - Sony VAIO SZ370 C2D T7200 : 1 : 2,449.99

Subtotal : 2,449.99
Shipping : 32.88
TOTAL : 2,482.87

Your Order Summary located in the attachment file ( self-extracting archive with "37679041.pdf" file ).

PDF (Portable Document Format) files are created by Adobe Acrobat software and can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
If you do not already have this viewer configured on a local drive, you may download it for free from Adobe's Web site.

We will ship your order from the warehouse nearest to you that has your items in stock (NY, TN, UT & CA). We strive to ship all orders the same day, but please allow 24hrs for processing.

You will receive another email with tracking information soon.

We hope you enjoy your order! Thank you for shopping with us!

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Neonlyte

I got this email today, and I knew it was spam because mt credit card would laugh, yes laugh if osmeone tried to take that much off it

 

[R. Richard]

I got this email today, and I knew it was spam because mt credit card would laugh, yes laugh if osmeone tried to take that much off it

EL:
You missed the point here. You immediately contact your local Better Business Bureau [or whatever it is called over there.] You tell then that the order was placed by mistake and that you are DEMANDING a refund of the purchase price and shipping charge. It probably won't work, but what the hell, $2449 is $2449!

 

[neonlyte]

Thanks Guy's and Gal's - a relief to know EL received the same, more or less confirms it to be spam, but as Gauche says, someone will click the download.

 

[Alex De Kok]

Alex de Kok, who as some of you know in real life exists only in his creator's subconscious, has so far received four invitations to update his PayPal info. He hasn't - yet - tried to buy a computer!

The-one-who-writes-as-Alex de Kok

 

[glynndah]

My two cats get emails about setting up accounts to buy cheap drugs from Canada. I often wonder what they're doing while I'm at work.

 

[English Lady]

EL:
You missed the point here. You immediately contact your local Better Business Bureau [or whatever it is called over there.] You tell then that the order was placed by mistake and that you are DEMANDING a refund of the purchase price and shipping charge. It probably won't work, but what the hell, $2449 is $2449!

I like the way your mind works


I think the email was pretty much identical, Neon. Definitely spam, love.

 

[oggbashan]

oggbashan, who is a nom-de-plume and fictional, receives about 20 emails a day asking him to confirm/visit his on-line bank accounts he doesn't have.

jeanne_d_artois, who is an alt for og, gets about 3 such emails a day.

Even Fag-Ash Lil, who wouldn't know a bank account unless it came with free cigarettes, gets two or three a week.

Then there are the pleading emails from the widow of the deceased Mr Mbotu who needs my help to extract several million dollars from a Nigerian bank account...

Neither jeanne or Fag-Ash need help with their erection.

Og

 

[neonlyte]

This message arrived on my personal e-mail account - mac.com address - it usually filters out most solicitations, erectile tips, and begging Nigerians.

I'm currently having problems in the UK over a car loan taken out with a UK bank where I closed an account 18 years ago. The loan was taken out not long after I closed the account, was extended several times to acquire different vehicles, none of which I have ever owned and finally went into default some six years ago. The bank in question has all of my correct details and claims to have mailed me regular statements, default letters etc, none of which I ever received. They finally sold the debt to a collection agency three months before the statutory limit for claiming bad debts. I asked the bank to provide copies of all loan agreements, they declined, I have asked them to verify with the vehicle registration agency that I owned any of the vehicles in question, they declined. I suggested to them this was one of their own employees, with access to data, carrying out a fraud - this was some six months ago, I've heard nothing since.

 

[Guest]

This message arrived on my personal e-mail account - mac.com address - it usually filters out most solicitations, erectile tips, and begging Nigerians.

I'm currently having problems in the UK over a car loan taken out with a UK bank where I closed an account 18 years ago. The loan was taken out not long after I closed the account, was extended several times to acquire different vehicles, none of which I have ever owned and finally went into default some six years ago. The bank in question has all of my correct details and claims to have mailed me regular statements, default letters etc, none of which I ever received. They finally sold the debt to a collection agency three months before the statutory limit for claiming bad debts. I asked the bank to provide copies of all loan agreements, they declined, I have asked them to verify with the vehicle registration agency that I owned any of the vehicles in question, they declined. I suggested to them this was one of their own employees, with access to data, carrying out a fraud - this was some six months ago, I've heard nothing since.

See I guess I'm boring, I'd look at the Re: line and then hit delete. Maybe I should start opening my spam so I could be a well rounded individual?

 

[neonlyte]

See I guess I'm boring, I'd look at the Re: line and then hit delete. Maybe I should start opening my spam so I could be a well rounded individual?

I've always thought you 'well rounded'

 

[elfin_odalisque]

This message arrived on my personal e-mail account - mac.com address - it usually filters out most solicitations, erectile tips, and begging Nigerians.

I'm currently having problems in the UK over a car loan taken out with a UK bank where I closed an account 18 years ago. The loan was taken out not long after I closed the account, was extended several times to acquire different vehicles, none of which I have ever owned and finally went into default some six years ago. The bank in question has all of my correct details and claims to have mailed me regular statements, default letters etc, none of which I ever received. They finally sold the debt to a collection agency three months before the statutory limit for claiming bad debts. I asked the bank to provide copies of all loan agreements, they declined, I have asked them to verify with the vehicle registration agency that I owned any of the vehicles in question, they declined. I suggested to them this was one of their own employees, with access to data, carrying out a fraud - this was some six months ago, I've heard nothing since.

For your first post, ignore/delete all unsollicited mail. If you haven't ordered and given your credit card details to an organization, they can't do anything. The rules of Visa, Mastercard and Amex are 100% clear on this.

If someone has stolen your details, contact your card provider, give the details and cancel your card. You should be protected against any costs from illegal activities.

For the car loan, it is a bit different because you are involved. Here, you would do best to get hold o f a lawyer (solicitor for you, I think) and get some serious letters written. It will cost a bit but is the only way to put shysters and false debt collectors in their place.

Good luck.