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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:55 pm

Hi all,
I got the following in my GMail spam box the other day. Is it a love scam or a phishing scam, or a genuine offer? Smile

If it is a love scam, I fancy following it up (with a different addy I've set up for the purpose) and having a bit of a giggle Smile

This would be my first scam baiting, and I'm quite excited by it! I've been inspired by some of the amazing posts on this forum.

Quote:

Delivered-To: xxx my email addy xxx
Received: by 10.35.115.10 with SMTP id s10cs251172pym;
Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:08:09 -0800 (PST)
Received: by 10.115.78.1 with SMTP id f1mr138915wal.1171462089304;
Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:08:09 -0800 (PST)
Return-Path: <[email protected]>
Received: from 81-203-231-43.user.ono.com (81-203-231-43.user.ono.com [81.203.231.43])
by mx.google.com with SMTP id 11si1928796wrl.2007.02.14.06.07.14;
Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:08:09 -0800 (PST)
Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 81.203.231.43 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of [email protected])
Received: from hook (69.44.801.272) by rly1.office.test.ink.angry.home.albanianpilot.every1.net (InterMail vN.3.51.48.3977-84-1-40-2-39026462) with ESMTP id <61519797922.WLXEK1092.rvzs455-mail.market.comb.net.cable.albanianpilot.every1.net@impulse> for <[email protected]; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:07:15 -0000
Message-ID: <qejvuaw69sd00$81r9m40fu297$9p1r4a2497s7j@tin>
Reply-to: "alyssa" <[email protected]>
From: "alyssa" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: hello from alyssa
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:07:15 -0000
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain

Hi
It`s alyssa again. Will you ever contact me?
I made those nude pictures especially for you and I wont write to you again!
If you wanna see them just drop me a line at: [email protected]

I don't know much about email headers, but I note it was ostensibly sent to [email protected] which is not my email addy. Why is this? I also noticed that Albania is mentioned in one of the servers.

-J

Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:26 pm

Domain ID:D16446386-LRMS
Domain Name:GLOBUSKOSTENLOS.INFO
Created On:09-Feb-2007 20:00:32 UTC
Last Updated On:13-Feb-2007 14:11:22 UTC
Expiration Date:09-Feb-2008 20:00:32 UTC

So a 1 year domain registration, unsoliited email and an offer of nude pics? At a guess I'd say phishing is the most likely out of the 3. Try writing and seeing what reply you get. I'd guess a link to the "pics" which will either ask for cc details off you or upload something nasty to your PC.

Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:34 pm

Ah, thanks Wayne. I suspect you're right, but I'll follow it up and report back if anything comes of it.

-J

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An honest Russian girl would never send nude photos to someone she has never met.

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:35 pm

Quote:

An honest Russian girl would never send nude photos to someone she has never met

Are you saying that Liliya, the love of my life, is not honest? Surely not? I'm stunned.