Skype email "We've delivered your purchase"

martindow

I've received several of these emails today purportedly from Skype. Each has an attachment so I assume this something dodgy although Avast hasn't raised the alarm.

weegie.geek

Errm... Ok?

S0litaire

You're Skype account should have a list of any thing you've bought.

Also the Skype email will have your skype name & salutation (i.e. "Hi there John Smith") or what ever you've set the name to...

If anythings different then it might be a scam and u should just ignore it...

spg_SCOTT

Avast hasn't raised the alarm

How are you viewing the messages?

avast! can only scan emails via programs such as outlook or thunderbird

If it is through a browser, then it is most likely SSL also, which can't be scanned by the webshield, but downloads (i.e. the attachment) should be scanned when downloaded.

Scott

paulofessex

Have you recently signed up for a Skype subscription. I get that email each month when they have taken payment via pay pal

Tostig

This IS most certainly a scam, and should NOT be opened. I have just received one of these to an e-mail address which is NOT the one I do use for Skype, and there's even a spelling mistake in the spam message:

Thanks for making your purchase through Skype. We're happy to confirm your payment.

== Here are your purchase details: (open attaced file) ==

Mistake here =====================^

It has a MIME'd (encoded) payload attachment: filename="open.html"
Delete it without opening as soon as possible.

Tostig