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"Orange" phishing email
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prowla
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I received the following rather lame phishing email:
[FONT="]From:[/FONT][FONT="] Orange [mailto:orange@info.com]
Sent: 01 August 2012 00:55
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: You Have One Unread Message[/FONT]
[FONT="][IMG]file:///C:/Users/zzz/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.jpg[/IMG][/FONT][FONT="]
Dear Customer,
Due to our recent security upgrade. All our customer are required to update their Account,
to the new secure version of orange. we believe it's very important to keep your account up-to date
with the latest security measures.
Upgrade Now
We strongly advice you to follow this instruction to protects your account from unauthorized access.
Customer Service [/FONT]
Sent: 01 August 2012 00:55
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: You Have One Unread Message[/FONT]
[FONT="][IMG]file:///C:/Users/zzz/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.jpg[/IMG][/FONT][FONT="]
Dear Customer,
Due to our recent security upgrade. All our customer are required to update their Account,
to the new secure version of orange. we believe it's very important to keep your account up-to date
with the latest security measures.
Upgrade Now
We strongly advice you to follow this instruction to protects your account from unauthorized access.
Customer Service [/FONT]
[FONT="]KITCHENTHINGS.CO.NZ[/FONT]
I'm not sure if it's supposed to be from Orange or a Kitchen company, but the link is to a cemetary in Dallas... 0
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I received the following rather lame phishing email:[FONT="]From:[/FONT][FONT="] Orange [mailto:orange@info.com]
Sent: 01 August 2012 00:55
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: You Have One Unread Message[/FONT]
[FONT="][IMG]file:///C:/Users/zzz/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.jpg[/IMG][/FONT][FONT="]
Dear Customer,
Due to our recent security upgrade. All our customer are required to update their Account,
to the new secure version of orange. we believe it's very important to keep your account up-to date
with the latest security measures.
Upgrade Now
We strongly advice you to follow this instruction to protects your account from unauthorized access.
Customer Service [/FONT][FONT="]KITCHENTHINGS.CO.NZ[/FONT]I'm not sure if it's supposed to be from Orange or a Kitchen company, but the link is to a cemetary in Dallas...
And if you clicked on the link, it would be very wise to scan your PC for spyware, as things can easily be dumped on it by accessing a website. Maybe edit it and make it non-clickable to stop others ?0
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