virus and credit fraud
Published on March 26, 2011 By captainmoonlight In Personal Computing

 "HI". every one do not, open this  e-mail if you get ( see below ) one. It  contains  a virus  all so wants you credit card,numbers   so do not open the attachment or the virus get on you computer so I thought. I should  warn  all of you go bing.  And   type Puremobile Inc   to see more.
Thank you for ordering from Puremobile Inc.
 
This message is to inform you that your order has been received
and is currently being processed.
 
Your order reference is 4380.
You will need this in all correspondence.
This receipt is NOT proof of purchase.
We will send a printed invoice by mail to your billing address.
 
You have chosen to pay by credit card.
Your card will be charged for the amount of 757.00 USD
and "Puremobile Inc." will appear next to the charge on your statement.
Your purchase information appears below in the file.
 
Puremobile Inc.


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on Apr 14, 2011

kona0197
How would I go about reporting a scam WG? Website for that?

Basically for me it's built in to hotmail. I treat everything as "phishing" so I check the email I want to report and click "Mark as" in the tools above and it does the rest. Anything that looks like it might be more than "phishing" I just delete it. Since I have no way of knowing what if anything gets done about it I'm not that interested in really getting into it and visiting websites to report this stuff...it's just a never ending stream and I have better things to do.

on Apr 14, 2011


 "HI". every one do not, open this  e-mail if you get ( see below ) one. It  contains  a virus  all so wants you credit card,numbers   so do not open the attachment or the virus get on you computer so I thought. I should  warn  all of you go bing.  And   type Puremobile Inc   to see more.
Thank you for ordering from Puremobile Inc.
 
This message is to inform you that your order has been received
and is currently being processed.
 
Your order reference is 4380.
You will need this in all correspondence.
This receipt is NOT proof of purchase.
We will send a printed invoice by mail to your billing address.
 
You have chosen to pay by credit card.
Your card will be charged for the amount of 757.00 USD
and "Puremobile Inc." will appear next to the charge on your statement.
Your purchase information appears below in the file.
 
Puremobile Inc.

Because Telcom ads, etc. (and several other types of companies) are so common, emails like this engender "trust"...first error. They generally lead to a well constructed "Phishing" site designed only to part you from your identity.

This is a very good article about how to spot scams, and well worth everyone's time ... so do take a glance:

http://www.zdnet.com/photos/can-you-spot-a-scam-screenshots/6216474

 

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