Anyone else had this email scam?

[stusgsx]

Just got this through from my website contact form lol.
I have removed the link that got sent with it.

Comments: Hello, I am writing in an unusual case ... Some time ago, I used your services, and one of your employees face was familiar to me. At dinner with my wife, it turned out that he was a burglar, who 5 years ago broke into our home!!! This is ridiculous!!! How you can hire criminals? I found at least 3 bad entries for him at website for background check http://####.com !! I am sure there are more!!! Please do something about it, things like that are ridiculous!!!

 

[White Room]

New one on me, do you have any employees....

 

[Gazzer]

Nope new one to me too .

 

[IHB]

What's the actual scam? Is the web link dodgy?

 

[stusgsx]

Nope never employed anyone. Maybe I'm the dodgy bugger!
I don't understand the out for dinner bit with the wife when it came from a woman?!

 

[stusgsx]

Yeah the web link will be a virus

 

[Mr Tiler]

deffo some sort of scam i would not click the link anyway lol

 

[White Room]

As IHB, could be the link....

 

[Mr Tiler]

what sort of website could they get that sort of info for one of your employees.

 

[stusgsx]

....that I don't have lol

 

[IHB]

I get a lot of emails that are just trying to get you to click a link. Either a virus waiting at the other end or they're just collecting a list of working email addresses to sell on.

Do you have a box on your contact email where you have to type characters or answer a simple question to stop them using automated scripts?

 

[stusgsx]

Yeah I've got the captcha word so don't normally get the junk emails through my site

 

[IHB]

what sort of website could they get that sort of info for one of your employees.

None that they have access to on the web. They'll be thinking you might be interested searching for people though and click the link.

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Yeah I've got the captcha word so don't normally get the junk emails through my site

That would make this hard work for them surely?

 

[stusgsx]

Would of thought so

 

[Peter]

Got the same email this morning through my web form. Nearly got me as I recently just started employing someone and then reread it and realised it was clearly some sort of spam with how vague it was. :lol:

Think it's a link to the website, as it's a criminal database search that charges $20 per pop so they're hoping you're going to type the employees name in. Unfortunately I don't live in America so not really much help. :lol:

Name	Kathie
Email	[email protected]
Subject	One of your employees...!!!
Message	Hello, I am writing in an unusual case ... Some time ago, I used your services, and one of your employees face was familiar to me. At dinner with my wife, it turned out that he was a burglar, who 5 years ago broke into our home!!! This is ridiculous!!! How you can hire criminals? I found at least 3 bad entries for him at website for background check http://everifies.com !! I am sure there are more!!! Please do something about it, things like that are ridiculous!!!
Site	http://petersteeletiling.co.uk
Sent from (ip address):	31.133.13.232 ( 31.133.13.232 )
Date/Time:	October 22, 2013 9:46 pm
Coming from (referer):	http://petersteeletiling.co.uk/?page_id=60
Using (user agent):	Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:15.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/15.0

 

[stusgsx]

Haha! How many people must click it!
I googled their email address and it comes up with spam from Indonesia

 

[Peter]

I was concerned about how she knew my employees full name to do a search on him, perhaps she had asked him to do a homer for her then realised he was only there to eye up her candlesticks and jewellery.

 

[Gazzer]

google the email address and you will see its going mad.

 

[Ian]

The IP Peter had listed is from the Czech Republic

 

[Gazzer]

[h=3]Stop Forum Spam - Country Czech Republic[/h]www.stopforumspam.com/country/cz‎
23-Oct-13 19:08, 31.133.13.232, Kathie, kathiekearns@gmail.com, Czech Republic. 23-Oct-13 18:58, 62.240.163.34, niliInfunty, [email protected] ...

[h=3]Stop Forum Spam - Country Indonesia[/h]www.stopforumspam.com/country/id‎
22-Oct-13 17:28, 202.150.129.26, balgaupittay1046, kathiekearns@gmail.com, Indonesia. 22-Oct-13 17:26, 182.253.51.122, sorbent, [email protected] ...

 

[Mr Tiler]

there probably using servers all over the worl.... its how they evade being caught it could be your next door neighbour

 

[Gazzer]

there probably using servers all over the worl.... its how they evade being caught it could be your next door neighbour

Could be you ! Think I should ban you just to be on the safe side !

 

[Mr Tiler]

please do my life would be much happier not listenin to you rich gits talk about how much money you don't have lol

 

[stusgsx]

OMG I thought my neighbour looked at me a bit funny yesterday

 

[Dan]

This will be a bit worse than a virus on the website you're being linked to. Looks like they want you to pay to get the report from the website, and then they'll have your credit card details and will go do some shopping on your behalf.

As always, never click links in emails unless you know the person who has sent the email. And never click a link in an email to login to ebay, paypal, your bank, whatever. Always just boot the website up as normal and login the usual way.

Make sure your PC has up to date anti virus. And perhaps run a program such as cCleaner every now and again which will remove anything dodgy.