Email Fraud Alert received from: Petra
I recently received an email with this subject line: Please read this (urgent) and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:
This is an automatically generated message notifying you that you have received a special VIP invitation from one of your colleagues or friends.
Note: You are ONLY receiving this because they submitted your email address.
http://www.mdowdell.com/8cft2/4j5lhd1ry.php?dG9tb2dyYWR5QG15bWV0ZW9yLmll
**CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGE**
Please only click the link if you are interested making your first $1M with 90 days using our proprietary money system…
…it’s FREE to use and you can receive your first commission payment within 24 hours.
Activate here:
http://www.mdowdell.com/8cft2/4j5lhd1ry.php?dG9tb2dyYWR5QG15bWV0ZW9yLmll
To making millions,
The above email was sent by “contact@9globe.com” from this email address: contact@9globe.com
I, Petra, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “contact@9globe.com”:
Included in the TO field was a number of other email addresses – presumably to help lend authenticity to the message.
I visited the main domain home page and this message came up; “We’ll Have More Soon. This domain is being hosted on Arvixe. This site is currently under construction and we will have more for you soon. For This Site’s Owners: Please check account setup confirmation e-mail for instructions. More on Arvixe: Web Hosting | Linux Web Hosting | ASP .NET Web Hosting | Business Web Hosting | Reseller Web Hosting | Dedicated Servers | E-Commerce Web Hosting”
The conclusion is that this site has been compromised and clicking on the link provided will lead to heartache and pain.