Spam / phishing email alert

[Simon]

I received a phishing attempt proporting to come from info@IDNet this morning.  The email heading is "Scheduled Maintenence Notification" (which rang alarm bells immediately!), and the message is as follows: 

View your status [link removed]

Note: if status link doesnt appear

download message as file to proceed

The link is actually to a pet foods company, but they've spoofed IDNet's home page. 

[Steve]

Thanks Simon , not received it myself . Pet food company 

[Gary]

Not got one either...pet food? Do animals like Spam....

[Rik]

Have you passed it on to support, Simon? I haven't had it, or last week's one, so I wonder if it means they're picking the addresses up from a site you frequent?

[zappaDPJ]

I've received three of these so far today. The first one entitled 'Scheduled Maintenance Notification' followed by two more entitled 'Email Deactivation Alert'. IDNet are now aware of this and will attempt to put a block in place.

[Rik]

Concrete or flats?

[Gary]

Concrete or flats?

Prefabs

[Glenn]

It will be a Barney...




Rubble

[Gary]

Will this end up with idnet.com addresses being blacklisted my other providers?

[Rik]

You'll soon know.

[Gary]

You'll soon know.

I use my domain address mosty 

[Ray]

Have you passed it on to support, Simon? I haven't had it, or last week's one, so I wonder if it means they're picking the addresses up from a site you frequent?

I haven't received any of them either.

[Simon]

I haven't had a chance to forward it with all the headers yet, but I will do so. 

This, and others, are to an email address I only use for business, and only with one organisation, so I'm not sure how the address could have got out. 

[Lance]

Is it an obvious address (just a first name for example) which could easily be guessed or is it a more complex address? If the later, the finger points to a leak from the company you've give the address to.

[Simon]

... which is the local county council. 

[Technical Ben]

Probably a address book virus or an accidental "forward including addresses" mistake. I've never seen an office manager recommend deleting the headers in an email before forwarding it. But it would be a best practice for them IMO. It's funny because if I ever need a friends email address, or forget it, I can just look at one of those "circulars" and I've got everyone's. Only problem is, they all get mine too.

[Simon]

Yes, that could well have been the issue. 

[fild]

I had phishing attempt  on 23rd April ,invited to download file ,link was to petfood site.
Also had 2 previous phishing attempts on 16th & 18th April inviting me to give e-mail password etc on pain of losing e-mail account if i didn't comply.

[Glenn]

 

[fild]

Lovely Karma thanks, I'm radiating

[Simon]

You'll be positively glowing soon...

[Ray]

  you'll be on fire soon!

[Rik]

Pump up the heat.