Recently we received the following email: This is a fake “IRS Notification”. As can be seen from the mail, it asks the user to fill up the following form: We have been seeing many such fake notification mails containing an attachment like “IRS document.zip”. After analysis we found that it is connecting to random IPs. […]
Phishing is a common form of Internet scam. It is deployed to steal confidential financial information like bank account numbers, net banking passwords, credit card numbers, personal identity details etc. Indian banks are specially getting targeted by such attacks. We came across a mail which is targeting SBI customers and carrying a zip file as […]
An email purporting to be from NACHA, the Electronic Payments Association, is currently being fraudulently circulated to unsuspecting individuals and corporations. The email claims that a certain payment has been cancelled and then induces readers to download the attached ZIP file for details of said cancellation. The mail typically looks like: The attached zip file […]
Today we received the following email: ************************************************************** From: “Squirrel Mail Development Team” Subject: UPDATE YOUR E-MAIL SECURITY IMMEDIATELY (IUEU) Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 19:14:23 +0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-EMLSPAM: 0 X-EMLSPAM-SCORE: -100 Dear E-Mail User Due to the package compromise of 1.4.11,1.4.12 and 1.4.13, we are forced to release 1.4.15 to ensure […]
Some people are not content with being duped once and the worldwide army of fraud practitioners is happy to oblige them with a second opportunity. This second chance comes in the form of compensation to some Indian JOB SEEKERS so that they can start with their own business. This phishing mail is specifically being designed […]
Online job frauds just get bigger, smarter and more authentic. With so many people currently looking for jobs, there are more scammers out there than ever. It’s unfortunate that unscrupulous people try to prey on those who are looking for legitimate jobs, but it does happen. Online job boards and classified ads can be used […]
A new spam email pretending to have arrived from FedEx is being discovered in the wild. This spam mail includes a subject line like “FedEX Notifications”. The mail also carries an attachment which contains details about a supposed delivery. The mail asks the user to extract this attachment. Upon extraction of the attachment, the user […]
Fake SMS scams are on the rise over the last few months. Fraudsters are mass spamming mobile users with fake messages claiming that they have won some lottery or lucky draw from the UK. Below are some of the scam messages: BT.UK: YOUR GSM NO. HAS WON 500,000GBP IN BTELECOM INT’L MOBILE DRAW TO CLAIM, […]
If you get an email message telling you a hotel has erroneously charged your credit card account, be careful. The odds are that it’s part of a new spam campaign that could infect your computer. The messages started popping up in recent days and there are already many variants of the same theme – a […]
It is now IDBI Bank getting targeted for phishing attacks. A mail carrying subject line : “IDBI BANK VERIFICATION MESSAGE!!” is being circulated containing an .html file as an attachment. If you click to open the .html file, it displays a fake IDBI bank login form. This form gets displayed on your local machine. It […]