HOTMAIL SCAM!

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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:50 am

Well I just got this in my inbox, maybe it's a lad I am baiting but what in the world, weirdest scam ever.

Dear Account User

This Email is from Hotmail Customer Care and we are sending it to every Hotmail Email User Accounts Owner for safety. we are having congestions due to the anonymous registration of Hotmail accounts so we are shutting down some Hotmail accounts and your account was among those to be deleted. We are sending this email to you so that you can verify and let us know if you still want to use this account. If you are still interested please confirm your account by filling the space below.Your User name, password, date of birth and your country information would be needed to verify your account.

Due to the congestion in all Hotmail users and removal of all unused Hotmail Accounts, Hotmail would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.

* Username: ...............................
* Password: ................................
* Date of Birth: ............................
* Country Or Territory: .................

After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconveniences.

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

Sincerely,
The Windows Live Hotmail Team

I was thinking of giving him a totally bogus password and waste his time logging me in, but what in the world is the purpose of this scam if only to hack my account? Confused

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

It is a typical phishing email. We really don't play with that sort of thing here.

CatEater wrote:

what in the world is the purpose of this scam if only to hack my account? Confused

There is a ton of good information contained in a persons email account. Very useful for ID theft.

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:59 am

Post up the headers. I think it's a scammer trying to get someone's email box. They'll take it over and then email all the contacts stating that they were lost in another country and need money sent by Western Union.

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:02 am

CatEater wrote:

* Username: ...............................
* Password: ................................
* Date of Birth: ............................
* Country Or Territory: .................

Fill it out with some details and put the word 'secret' in password field. You can go back and forth with this lad for at least 2 weeks of amusement. Very Happy

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:05 am

It is alot of fun and you'll tie up his time which could be spent on real victims. Please post up his email address and the headers so if anyone Googles the address, it'll be found. I'd also like to play with this moron.

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

^^^Love the avi NN. Wanna see a trick?

Edit: I disagree somewhat, playing with phishing scams seems like a waste of time to me. They are sent out by the bucket, and there is software available to check and see if responses are valid. A successful phisher will not waste too much time with a back and forth game. I would rather focus my attention on a more typical 419 scam. But your millage may vary.

On the other hand, what the hell, give it a try, it don't cost nothing.

Edit: To add content, and to fix stupid a silly spelling error.

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:11 am

From: Customer Service ([email protected])

LOL, some of the headers these guys come up with are amazing. Laughing

I guess I'll bait him, easy and keeps others safe.

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:12 am

Make sure you bait him from an email address that can't be traced to your real information.

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:13 am

sir scam alot wrote:

Make sure you bait him from an email address that can't be traced to your real information.

Well I got them on live.com, hotmail.com and gmail.com. Should I use the hotmail or gmail?

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:14 am

I think some people have also opened up a new box, and then loaded it with baiter addy's and given the password to the scammers to see what happens. Can't hurt as long as nothing ties to you in any way.

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:15 am

I wouldn't worry about your IP. Just make sure you don't use a personal email address, just one with fake details.

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:47 am

<---- not paying attention to previous posts that say the same thing in a different way.

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:52 am

I know we don't take on phishers here but, didn't someone from here spend nearly two weeks going back and forth with one of these just asking questions about the four questions ? .... I remember it being very funny Very Happy

I can't find the link right now Crying or Very sad

Baiting Guru Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 11857 Location: UK

Pastor Frank wrote:

A successful phisher will not waste too much time with a back and forth game.

On the other hand, what the hell, give it a try, it don't cost nothing.

I remember late last year when someone received a similar phishing email, they sent back their passowrd as secret or ******, the scammer/phisher engaged them for quite a while trying to explain that they shouldn't put ******, but to write it as words, it was pretty funny Very Happy

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:08 am

A little bait-a-phisher from me (I don't have a Hotmail address)

Quote:

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your recent mail,

You will have noticed that you have sent this to my Yahoo e-mail account.

I need to know if your request applies to me. The reason I ask is that I have read that Hotmail and Yahoo might merge services in the near future to become Hot-hoo ! and this might be the start of some computer housekeeping before you get together.

Please advise

Tracey xxxxxxx

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:41 pm

Yeah, this is not your normal phishing that directs you to a fake site to give up your bank info. This is an attempt to get hold of your email address and then trick your contacts into sending you money. I think it actually happened to another baiter's friend just last week.

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:32 pm

A few of us bait people sent a lad a baiter loaded gmail account a couple of months back. The lad was extremely lazy after a ton of work by the bait community and not much happened.

It was more fun sending him the info as follows:

example: [email protected]
password: ********

The lad went a bit crazy trying to explain that we had to TYPE the actual password rather than copying what was showing in the password box... Laughing