Look at this amusing email i just recieved

[hinch]

Im sure some of you will find the irony for those that dont , last time i looked i was the domain name holder and only admin.

the email did ofc come with the obligatory attachment too.



From: "Bounced mail" <MAILER-DAEMON@furious-angels.com>
To: hinch@furious-angels.com
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 11:18:17 +0100
Subject: Report

Dear user of furious-angels.com,

Your email account was used to send a huge amount of spam messages during this week.
We suspect that your computer was infected and now contains a hidden proxy server.

Please follow our instructions in order to keep your computer safe.

Virtually yours,
The furious-angels.com support team.

[Glok]

An admin on another board I visit got the same thing. Fucking spammers. :lol:

[Sakletare]

Yes, that's a instruction how to install their virus. ;)
I get mails like that all the time. The most amusing spam mail i've got i uploaded a screenie of to this page; http://mail.istheshit.net/

[Morpheous]

Uhm..

That's the MyDoom virus, tell them to check their mail server :p




The latest varient of the MyDoom Virus is currently spreading rapidly and a number of our customers have reported receiving emails generated by this Virus.These emails appear in the form of a faked message from our support team, suggesting that your account has been misused - An example is provided below. Under no circumstances should customers open the file attached to this email, however the email can be deleted safely. If you have recieved a copy of this email which has not been detected by your virus checker, please ensure your checker is up-to-date with the latest virus patterns from your ant-virus software vendor. If you are worried that your current virus checker has missed a virus, you should use the free on-line virus scanner at http://housecall.antivirus.com for a second opinion.

Further details regarding this virus and virus removal instructions can be found at http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32mydoomo.html

We ask users to take extra care when opening attachments. If you are unsure about the content of any emails you recieve, especially if it purports to come from our Support team, please don't hesitate to contact us and we will be happy to advise further.

Sample MyDoom-O Email Contents:
-------------------------------
"Dear user of plus.net,

Your email account was used to send a large amount of junk e-mail during the last week.
Most likely your computer was compromised and now runs a hidden proxy server.

Please follow our instruction in order to keep your computer safe.

Virtually yours,
The plus.net support team."
-------------------------------

See similarities?

[ezza]

we have that virus going around our office atm, had 3 emails almost exactly like hinchs one above

[hinch]

tis indeed amusing i checked it through webmail so i aint getting infected and within about 10 mins the mail server will block it anyway :)

still thought it was amusing even more amusing that morph picked plus.net since thats also my dialup isp :)

[Ithaqua]

it's not just the mydoom virus... it's the new one with the oh so fun search engine scanner that picks up email addys from google et al.

nice writeup about it on Sophos (http://www.sophos.co.uk/virusinfo/analyses/w32mydoomo.html)

Turns out for a while it was hammering google so hard they were having instability problems. heh

[Lexxuk]

why cant I have nice stuff like this? all i get is silly emails telling me to buy viagra :(

[Mr_Snow]

Its a virus got the same thing but from the netsoc at my college, of course it got deleted straight away.

Edit just got a second one from my netsoc:


Dear user of netsoc.ucd.ie, mail server administrator of netsoc.ucd.ie would
like to inform you

Your account has been used to send a huge amount of junk e-mail during the
recent week.
We suspect that your computer had been compromised and now runs a trojaned proxy
server.

We recommend you to follow instructions in the attachment in order to keep your
computer safe.

Virtually yours,
The netsoc.ucd.ie support team.

[|R@zor|]

why cant I have nice stuff like this? all i get is silly emails telling me to buy viagra :(

Yeah me too, or Nigerian e-mail scams.

[hinch]

i make a point of replying to all nigerian emails i get

i advise them as a "finacial advisor in lendon" that the safest way for them to move their cash out of the country is to give it all to my paypal address where i'll use it to buy shares at which point i will convert it to clean money for them when they come to the uk.

so far none of them have deposited cash to my paypal account.

one day if im really really lucky though i may get 27 million off them :) after all i am a god fearing person :lol:

[Lexxuk]

worst thing is some people actually fall for the nigerian scams, its like "hang on, he sent this email to 1000000 people, wow, it must be confidential"

[Archeus]

Here is what I got recently..


MRS,TRACY COOKEY

SWISS UNION INTERNATIONAL

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND.

REF NUMBER: SUL/653/029/03

BATCH NUMBER: AT-040-SB06-03

Email:tracy_cookey@k.ro

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our recent lottery
draws held on the 20th of MAY 2004. Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number 27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662 drew lucky
numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45, which consequently won in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
4,000,000(Euros) (Four Million Euros only).
Note that all participants in this lottery program have been selected
randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000
companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search
engines and websites. This promotional program takes place every year, and
is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of
Brunei, billgates of Microsoft Inc and other corporate organizations. This
is to encourage the use of the Internet and computers worldwide.
For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims have been processed and your
money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
We look forward to your active participation in our next year USD50
million slot.
You are requested to contact our Lottery coordinator below to assist you
with your winnings and subsequent payments. All winnings must be claimed
not later than one month after the date of this notice. Please note, in
order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote
your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent
as soon as possible. Congratulations once more and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.Please,forward all your correspondence to
tracy_cookey@k.ro

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.

Sincerely yours,

MRS,TRACY COOKEY.

(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)


I wrote back and said I would buy them a spell checker with the money I have won.

[Ascension]

Hmm for cRazy_

http://neocron.istheshit.net/