Comments for Boyd-Web.Com http://www.boyd-web.com Bringing Our World To Your World ... One Topic At A Time Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:03:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 Comment on The SPAM Scams Are Getting Good by Boyd http://www.boyd-web.com/tech/the-spam-scams-are-getting-good/#comment-15 Boyd Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:24:00 +0000 http://www.boyd-web.com/tech/the-spam-scams-are-getting-good/#comment-15 Definitely don't want to go there Anonymous Definitely don’t want to go there Anonymous

]]> Comment on The SPAM Scams Are Getting Good by Anonymous http://www.boyd-web.com/tech/the-spam-scams-are-getting-good/#comment-14 Anonymous Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:50:00 +0000 http://www.boyd-web.com/tech/the-spam-scams-are-getting-good/#comment-14 yea I just received this email also. It looks definetly like a scam. Too many key words such as bank account and using Paypal as a very known name. Delete that email, you will probably go to jail if your laudering money. yea I just received this email also. It looks definetly like a scam. Too many key words such as bank account and using Paypal as a very known name. Delete that email, you will probably go to jail if your laudering money.

]]> Comment on The SPAM Scams Are Getting Good by Boyd http://www.boyd-web.com/tech/the-spam-scams-are-getting-good/#comment-13 Boyd Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:07:00 +0000 http://www.boyd-web.com/tech/the-spam-scams-are-getting-good/#comment-13 Anonymous, way to be proactive against attacks like this. It is good to see you actually contact Monster. Hopefully they take the correct actions to help mitigate problems of this sort. Anonymous, way to be proactive against attacks like this. It is good to see you actually contact Monster. Hopefully they take the correct actions to help mitigate problems of this sort.

]]> Comment on The SPAM Scams Are Getting Good by Anonymous http://www.boyd-web.com/tech/the-spam-scams-are-getting-good/#comment-12 Anonymous Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:30:00 +0000 http://www.boyd-web.com/tech/the-spam-scams-are-getting-good/#comment-12 I got the same e-mail at my hotmail account, and the creepy part of it was that they knew my name. so i used the chat feature on the monster.com website, taked with a representative who told me to forward the e-mail to him, and sure enough, he sent me an email confirmation:<br/><br/>"Hello <br/><br/> <br/><br/>Thank you for bringing this email spoof to our attention. This is a fraudulent email, purporting to be from Monster, which has been sent to a large group of Internet users, including some of our customers. <br/><br/> <br/><br/>This is not a Monster authorized email, and it was not sent by or through Monster. It contains "spoofed" domain information designed to mimic a Monster address. <br/> <br/><br/>This email was sent to many internet users, including some Monster account holders. E-mail of this type generally employs a very large distribution list that has been obtained via spidering or programs that generate email addresses for the purpose of spam distribution lists. <br/> <br/><br/>This email is attempting to engage unsuspecting individuals in a money laundering scam. It is in your best interest to disregard the email. Do not engage with the entities. If you did begin correspondence and have started the required financial transactions, we recommend that you contact local law enforcement immediately. <br/> <br/><br/> So that we may appropriately report this spam/scam email to the appropriate vendors, please provide me with the full internet header information from the email. Instructions on obtaining the header information can be found at the following link: http://www.spamcop.com/help_with_headers/ <br/> <br/><br/>You may also want to report this spam/scam email to the Federal Trade Commission: https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01 <br/> <br/><br/>For more information on how to conduct a safe job search and how to detect online scams, please visit http://www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com/fraudtypes/phishing.aspx as well as http://help.monster.com/besafe/. <br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/>We take the experience of our customers very seriously and we value and welcome any comments or questions you may have regarding this issue or the security of your Monster account.<br/><br/>.<br/><br/>We appreciate you for choosing Monster.<br/><br/> <br/><br/>If you require any further assistance please feel free to email us at customercentral@monster.com and we will be glad to be of service to you."<br/><br/>So, basically the rep said the email was a spoof. So if anyone else gets the same email, talk with someone at monster.com. I got the same e-mail at my hotmail account, and the creepy part of it was that they knew my name. so i used the chat feature on the monster.com website, taked with a representative who told me to forward the e-mail to him, and sure enough, he sent me an email confirmation:

“Hello

Thank you for bringing this email spoof to our attention. This is a fraudulent email, purporting to be from Monster, which has been sent to a large group of Internet users, including some of our customers.

This is not a Monster authorized email, and it was not sent by or through Monster. It contains “spoofed” domain information designed to mimic a Monster address.

This email was sent to many internet users, including some Monster account holders. E-mail of this type generally employs a very large distribution list that has been obtained via spidering or programs that generate email addresses for the purpose of spam distribution lists.

This email is attempting to engage unsuspecting individuals in a money laundering scam. It is in your best interest to disregard the email. Do not engage with the entities. If you did begin correspondence and have started the required financial transactions, we recommend that you contact local law enforcement immediately.

So that we may appropriately report this spam/scam email to the appropriate vendors, please provide me with the full internet header information from the email. Instructions on obtaining the header information can be found at the following link: http://www.spamcop.com/help_with_headers/

You may also want to report this spam/scam email to the Federal Trade Commission: https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

For more information on how to conduct a safe job search and how to detect online scams, please visit http://www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com/fraudtypes/phishing.aspx as well as http://help.monster.com/besafe/.

We take the experience of our customers very seriously and we value and welcome any comments or questions you may have regarding this issue or the security of your Monster account.

.

We appreciate you for choosing Monster.

If you require any further assistance please feel free to email us at customercentral@monster.com and we will be glad to be of service to you.”

So, basically the rep said the email was a spoof. So if anyone else gets the same email, talk with someone at monster.com.

]]> Comment on The SPAM Scams Are Getting Good by Dustin Boyd http://www.boyd-web.com/tech/the-spam-scams-are-getting-good/#comment-11 Dustin Boyd Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:34:00 +0000 http://www.boyd-web.com/tech/the-spam-scams-are-getting-good/#comment-11 Anonymous, nice work on digging through the source code and finding all of that extra information out. That makes me even more sure its a spam scam. <br/><br/>I could probably delete the DISCLAIMER at the top ;) Anonymous, nice work on digging through the source code and finding all of that extra information out. That makes me even more sure its a spam scam.

I could probably delete the DISCLAIMER at the top ;)

]]> Comment on The SPAM Scams Are Getting Good by Dustin Boyd http://www.boyd-web.com/tech/the-spam-scams-are-getting-good/#comment-10 Dustin Boyd Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:32:00 +0000 http://www.boyd-web.com/tech/the-spam-scams-are-getting-good/#comment-10 Amy, I am glad someone else got this and thought it was fishy. Delete it is my philosophy. Amy, I am glad someone else got this and thought it was fishy. Delete it is my philosophy.

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