So what is the scam?

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08-25-2009, 07:58 AM
POS Racing

So what is the scam?

Here at the world headquarters we get a variation on this e-mail about once a week.

Quote:

Hello Good Day,
This is Sam,With regards to your Company i am sending this email Regards to order some (hydraulic bender),i will like to know the type and sizes you have in stock and get me the sales price of one so that i will tell you the quantity i will be ordering, and if you accept credit card as a form of payment.hope to read from you soon about my order request....

With Kind Regards.
Sam M..(Owner)

So what is the scam they are trying to pull??
08-25-2009, 08:07 AM
Dave04

dunno... this might just be the first part of the scam to see who's gullible enough to respond... later you might get the "oh... I'm international and my credit card wont work, can we exchange bank account numbers..." or something...
08-25-2009, 08:37 AM
jrj512

Ask Sammm, since he sent it. I wouldn't trust him, either.
08-25-2009, 08:39 AM
wrx74

Maybe you should drop by on a sales call??
08-25-2009, 11:02 AM
channelmaniac

You should look at the IP addresses in the email header to see where it was sent from.

Was it a real email address or some yahoo/gmail web type?
08-25-2009, 11:04 AM
sammm

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrj512

Ask Sammm, since he sent it. I wouldn't trust him, either.

I really do need some hydraulic bender....you can trust me. :rolleyes:

Hope to read from you soon.
08-25-2009, 11:18 AM
cam76034

Organized cyber-gangs in Eastern Europe are increasingly preying on small and mid-size companies in the United States, setting off a multimillion-dollar online crime wave that has begun to worry the nation's largest financial institutions.

In many cases, the advisory warned, the scammers infiltrate companies in a similar fashion: They send a targeted e-mail to the company's controller or treasurer, a message that contains either a virus-laden attachment or a link that -- when opened -- surreptitiously installs malicious software designed to steal passwords. Armed with those credentials, the crooks then initiate a series of wire transfers, usually in increments of less than $10,000 to avoid banks' anti-money-laundering reporting requirements.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...l?hpid=topnews
08-25-2009, 11:21 AM
Radio-Active

Quote:

Originally Posted by channelmaniac

you should look at the ip addresses in the email header to see where it was sent from.

192.168.1.0 ;)
08-25-2009, 11:26 AM
POS Racing

Quote:

Originally Posted by channelmaniac

You should look at the IP addresses in the email header to see where it was sent from.

Was it a real email address or some yahoo/gmail web type?

I deleted it allready... There will be an new one in the morning.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cam76034

Organized cyber-gangs in Eastern Europe are increasingly preying on small and mid-size companies in the United States, setting off a multimillion-dollar online crime wave that has begun to worry the nation's largest financial institutions.

In many cases, the advisory warned, the scammers infiltrate companies in a similar fashion: They send a targeted e-mail to the company's controller or treasurer, a message that contains either a virus-laden attachment or a link that -- when opened -- surreptitiously installs malicious software designed to steal passwords. Armed with those credentials, the crooks then initiate a series of wire transfers, usually in increments of less than $10,000 to avoid banks' anti-money-laundering reporting requirements.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...l?hpid=topnews

No links just what you see above is all we are getting.
08-25-2009, 11:27 AM
channelmaniac

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radio-Active

192.168.1.0 ;)

As long as it's not from 127.0.0.1 ;)

That would suggest something about POS
08-25-2009, 11:43 AM
POS Racing

Quote:

Originally Posted by sammm

I really do need some hydraulic bender....you can trust me. :rolleyes:

Hope to read from you soon.

We are out of free t-shirts leave us alone! ;)
08-25-2009, 11:56 AM
HudsonHawk

Quote:

Originally Posted by channelmaniac

As long as it's not from 127.0.0.1 ;)

That would suggest something about POS

:clap:
08-25-2009, 12:07 PM
Dave04

Mick,

It looks like you aren't the only one getting these ( LINK HERE, towards the bottom in the "unrelated news" paragraph... wording it exactly the same ), so it's most likely a scam...
08-25-2009, 12:08 PM
sammm

Quote:

Originally Posted by POS Racing

We are out of free t-shirts leave us alone! ;)

:clap:

Hey, what about mine?!?!? ::Batman::

Don't forget me!!!! ::Oscar::

XL back here! ::pimp::
08-25-2009, 12:52 PM
ken o

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radio-Active

192.168.1.0 ;)

He's inside your house. The email is coming from inside the house!!!!
08-25-2009, 12:53 PM
ken o

Quote:

Originally Posted by channelmaniac

As long as it's not from 127.0.0.1 ;)

That would suggest something about POS

Crap!!! Now he's inside your PC.
08-25-2009, 12:53 PM
ken o

Buy with stolen CC and resell?
08-25-2009, 01:47 PM
channelmaniac

Quote:

Originally Posted by ken o

Crap!!! Now he's inside your PC.

Nah... I was thinking more along the lines that POS was bored and inventing things. ;)