I’ve received several emails today, all matching the same pattern. The email comes iwth a range of subjected and from a range of senders but the enclosed web link, when clicked brings you to the same html, all located on different IP addresses. The few ip addresses I looked up seemed to be typical home computer users which probably means that they are infected machines running spam bots .
Here’s one – Subject is ‘Registration Details‘
Greetings,We are so happy you joined Ringtone World.User Number: 8191539133Temorary Login: user4089Your Password ID: ce630Be Secure. Change your Login ID and Password.Use this link to change your Login info: http://24.14.127.121/Thank You,Technical ServicesRingtone World
Going to the link brings up this webpage (it also loads a fake video viewer window with no content):
If you do not see the Secure Login Window please install our Secure Login Applet.
Clicking on the link will download the file applet.exe which my Fprot antivirus recognised as a virus but failed to identify the name.
Other subjects
‘User Services’, ‘User Info’, ‘Internal Support’, ‘Technical Support’, ‘Registration Details’
Other Sites
‘Pet World’, ‘Ringtone World’, ‘Funny-Files’, ‘Recipies-Galore’, ‘Ringtone Heaven’ and plenty more.
Poor Des Gregor!
Presumably no longer satisfied with sheep as romantic partners, Des, 56, flew to Mali in West Africa to meet his future wife, whom he had wooed on the net.
A sweetener to the marriage was an $80,000 dowry of gold.
Sadly, the marriage ended in him being attacked, tied up and robbed, with a threat to remove his limbs with the working man’s knife of choice, the machete, unless HE paid THEM $85,000!
Des is back in Australia now, nursing his wounded pride and body. Those sheep are starting to look pretty attractive again, I guess.
Fraudlabs are aimed at online retailers and they provide some useful services for checking that the credit card transaction you are about to approve looks ‘right’. Given a combination of IP address, shipping address and credit card identification, they will give you a clear description of why that transaction is not a good risk.
In the case of stolen credit cards, scammers use US-based drop houses as delivery addresses and the credit card they are using will almost certainly be based elsewhere and the IP address they are using for the online order is probably in one of those oh-so-fraud-friendly countries like Nigeria, Romania, Korea, Chine, etc etc etc.
It’s not foolproof – if your sister’s deadbeat husband ‘borrows’ your credit card to buy a new guitar then it’s likely not to raise any red flags – but if your credit card details get ‘lost’ by an online retailer and a chappie in South Korea suddenly wants to buy 20 ipods and have them sent to the other coast – Bingo!
Anyway, if you are interested in what they have to sell, click here and help Scamdex earn some affiliate income.
Here’s a chart that they produce showing the most Evil 
) countries, this week
All my troubles are over… I’ve won the Microsoft Lottery. But I wonder – Does Bill know?
A Votre Amaible Attention ,
Nous Avons Le Plaisir De Vous Annoncer Que Vous Etes L’un Des Heureux Gagnants De La Bill Gates Foundation Lotery For Internet Expansion In The World Dont Le Siège Social Ce Trouve à LONDRES. Une Loterie Portant Sur Les Adresses Email Des Internautes. La Valeur Totale En Jeu Est De 50.000 000 Millions d’Euros Et Votre Adresse a été Tiré Au Sort Par Sélection Informatique Lors De Notre Premier Tirage Annuel Effectué La Semaine Dernière Au Siége Mondial Sis A DETROIT. Vous Faites Donc Partis Des Heureux Gagnants Et Votre Gain Est De 100.000 Euros.
Pour Entrer En Possession De Votre Lot, Veuillez Adressez Exclusivement Par email Au siège Social De La Bill Gates Foundation Lottery for Internet Expansion In the world UN un Courrier Comportant :
Votre Nom, Prénoms, Adresse Complète, Numéro De Téléphone, Fax, email Ainsi Qu’une Copie De Votre Carte Nationale D’identité Ou Passeport. Apres Quoi Il Vous Sera Explique Comment Entre En Possession De Votre Lot. Recevez Encore Toutes Nos Félicitations.
Directrice des operations: Mme ISABELLE CHEVALIER Sec Coordinatrice Zonale: De M. Rudolf P. Coordinateur Zonal: Markhams De M. James Nkomo
Membre du conseil : Caro malandji
Garantissez les droits d’auteur Le © 1994-2006 BILL GATES FOUNDATION LOTERY
Tous droits réservés. Limites de service – directive 100860 8556 2548 9576 Mme ISABELLE CHEVALIER Directrice Des Opérations.