Another Security Warning
No sooner did the malicious e-card emails stop when this one began.
Links in emails supposedly confirming membership of a website or online service actually lead to a trojan. The emails look like this:
Dear Member,
Thank You for Joining Resume Hunters.
Account Number: 99484233616
Temp Login ID: user2726
Temorary Password: ty408
Please keep your account secure by logging in and changing your login info.
Follow this link, or paste it in your browser: [Link to malicious website removed]
Thank You,
Technical Services
Resume Hunters
The links in these messages lead to a malicious website that will
install a trojan.
Thankfully, most of us who use the internet for business are aware not to open suspicious emails, but many of our family members and friends may not.
Comments (11)
Cheryl Baumgartner
12
Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
Basic rule of thumb, don't respond to any of these unless it's a group you've actually applied for
Stupid Girlfriend
1
Thanks Karen for the post I am still getting those other emails have not stopped yet hope so soon.
Thanks Reta
Karen Weir
9
Local Internet Advertising Consultant
Hi Bob, I deleted and blocked them, but if I get more, or find one I missed, I'll send you the url.
Bob Laibach
6
Hi Karen,
Can you give me a copy of the link? I will have them investigated by some friend of mine. My friends are not so nice to these types of people.
Additional FYI: Avoid anything to do with John Beck Real Estate he is a scammer. He has an infomercial on TV but there are numerous complaints about that business. The BBB is giving them an"F" rating with is a bad thing for that business. Avoid it at all cost
Patricia Knapps
6
Gift shop owner
Karen
I got one like this today but was wary of it and deleted it.
Thanks for mentioning it for everybody.
pattie
Lisa Lomas
11
Hi Karen,
The one I see most commonly is the one where someone has sent you an ecard or a version of the nigerian scam.
The most important thing is not to reply AT ALL!! Do not have your email set on instant reply, this confirms its a real email!
Quite often when you get these types of Fraud online you can be specific and check it out in the Search Engines. You can do this with most fraudulent Phone numbers too as they use them more than once.
Do not ever think just because there is a phon
Mauro & Sylvia Savo
6
Thank you for posting this Karen, I have been receiving many of these as well.
Zac Josevski
14
Internet Marketer
Thanks Karen.
I get at least 30-40 of these a day and some have different
subject headings and the content of the e-mail is usually
the same.
The thing that got me suspicious was the url has numbers
which means that the site is probably not fully propergated
on the internet.
Here are a few subject headings to avoid:
User Services
Login Verification
User Services
Internal Verification
New User Letter
Thanks,
Zac
Chuck Bartok
10
Veteran Entrepreneur now Sharing
Thank you for your diligence Karen
Yes I received both of the above, but dele without opening....
Love to see this kind of Information on Apsense.
Shelia McCrary
6
Shelia McCrary
I can't remember if I have received anything like this or not but I'll definitely be on the look out for them. Thanks so much for passing this information on.
Shelia
Sheri Stuart
5
Thanks for letting us know. This one is particularly vicious to those of us who are actively job hunting on the web. Now I know to delet it postehaste without even opening it.