Archive for the ‘Identity Theft’ Category

I just received a classic phishing scam email claiming to be from NewEgg.com, which appears to be a prime target of scammers.

What alerted me first was the notification of a charge to my Visa card for a purchase. That’s a problem for two reasons:

• I’ve never bought anything, ever, from NewEgg.com.
• I don’t have a Visa card.

On top of that, all of the links go to a site that displays a 404 Not Found error.

The strange thing is that there’s no working link to ANY site, not even a phishing site. But this could be a simple ploy to test whether or not my email address is accurate and active.

When I contacted NewEgg.com customer service, I was told that it may have been a message sent in error from their order department.

Another possibly-suspicious factor is the return path to an Indian address.

Here’s a copy of the email message:

(*Innocent parties’ domains and names have been obscured. http://putmeonthenet.net is shown because the links are to a non-existent page on that site.)

Same-old same-old scam phishing for your PayPal account info, but with new graphics. As always, hover your mouse over the link to see the REAL destination URL. (Hard to believe that people don’t even do this most basic level of checking before clicking and losing their money.)

I just noticed this scam this morning, although I suspect it’s not exactly a new one.

It’s a basic phishing scam that seeks to steal your Twitter ID and related information.

As usual, the superficial giveaways are…

• Poor English — really simple mistakes in grammar, syntax and spelling.
• Easily-checked fake links — just hover your mouse over the fake Twitter link to see the REAL destination URL.
• Meaningless links — not your real Twitter user name.

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