[plug] iiNet phishing attempt

[Paul Antoine]

Adrian,

In my experience your Ironports are so good that I've *never* had spam 
on my iiNet email account in the 2+ years I've had it.

And no, I don't work for Ironports but did found a startup anti-spam 
company in San Francisco so know how hard it is to get right :-)

P.

Adrian Woodley wrote:
> I believe our NOC has put a a filter against the reply-to address on our 
> Ironports. Customer will still end up with the original fishing attempt 
> in their inboxes, but any replies will be silently dropped.
> 
> Adrian
> 
> Adrian Chadd wrote:
>> Yeah, westnet.net.au.ms emails have been seen in the wild too.. :)
>>
>>
>>
>> adrian
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2008, Lance Duivenbode wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> This is not strictly Linux based but I felt it important to spread 
>>> the news anyway.
>>>
>>> I've just received an email that is supposedly from iiNet customer 
>>> support (sending email was info at iinet.net.ms) asking for me to 
>>> 'validate' my account. To the tech savvy, this is obviously a 
>>> phishing attack but it may be wise for us to remind those we know who 
>>> are not tech savvy that this is bogus.
>>>
>>> I've included the full text below - and sorry for bending the OT 
>>> rules :)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Lance
>>>
>>> ----
>>>
>>> Dear Customer,
>>>  ?
>>>  Due to a few problems experienced in our service network,you are 
>>> expected to undergo an account holders re-validation process in order 
>>> to sort out some problems that may be encountered in our email 
>>> service to you.  ?
>>>  This process is not going to take long and will be characterized by 
>>> certain lapses in our email services to you.
>>>  ?
>>>  The iiNet? Network?? will require you to complete the account 
>>> details below and select a test question and answer (to serve as 
>>> security code that will be needed in logging in to your account 
>>> service during the duration of this process). These details below 
>>> should be stated in your reply to this email;
>>>  ?
>>>  
>>>  Full Name:
>>>  Address:?  Email Account login:  Account Password:  *Test Question: 
>>>  *Answer:  ?
>>>  You will be sent a new confirmation alphanumerical password to that 
>>> will only be valid during this period and can be changed after the 
>>> process.  ?
>>>  Thanks for your understanding.
>>>  ?
>>>  ?
>>>  ?
>>>  ?
>>>  Customer Service _______________________________________________
>>> PLUG discussion list: plug at plug.org.au
>>> http://www.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug
>>> Committee e-mail: committee at plug.linux.org.au
>>
> 
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