Posts Tagged ‘phishing’

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.)

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.

Please pass this on to your friends, colleagues, family, etc who use Twitter. Share it online using the button below.