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Elaborate Spam from my university.

oldschool

oldschool

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I got this email today, supposedly from my university. Attached was a file I couldn't open. I am sure it is spam as the grammar is not great, and it says its from Ubc.ca, which is not the organization that administers my university's email, but is the university's name.

This is the most elaborate piece of spam (prem 😀) i've ever seen.

?Dear user of Ubc.ca,

Some of our clients complained about the spam (negative e-mail content)
outgoing from your e-mail account. Probably, you have been infected by
a proxy-relay trojan server. In order to keep your computer safe,
follow the instructions.

Pay attention on attached file.

In order to read the attach you have to use the following password: 85855.

Sincerely,
The Ubc.ca team http://www.ubc.ca
?

Who would go to these lengths?
 
I know thats why i downloaded the attachment, but still, i've never seen such well thought out spam.

There should be spam awards.
 
I'm starting to get spam disguised as "undeliverable mail" messages from "MAILER-DAEMON", sometimes with my mail server's domain address forged. From the SUBJECT and FROM fields, you can't easily tell them from real mail-server messages.
 
oldschool said:
I got this email today, supposedly from my university. Attached was a file I couldn't open. I am sure it is spam as the grammar is not great, and it says its from Ubc.ca, which is not the organization that administers my university's email, but is the university's name.
In order to read the attach you have to use the following password: 85855.
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This is a virus that's going around university campuses. Just don't open the files, you'll be fine.
 
oldschool said:
I got this email today, supposedly from my university. Attached was a file I couldn't open. I am sure it is spam as the grammar is not great, and it says its from Ubc.ca, which is not the organization that administers my university's email, but is the university's name.

This is the most elaborate piece of spam (prem 😀) i've ever seen.

?Dear user of Ubc.ca,

Some of our clients complained about the spam (negative e-mail content)
outgoing from your e-mail account. Probably, you have been infected by
a proxy-relay trojan server. In order to keep your computer safe,
follow the instructions.

Pay attention on attached file.

In order to read the attach you have to use the following password: 85855.

Sincerely,
The Ubc.ca team http://www.ubc.ca
?

Who would go to these lengths?
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You don't get out much, do you?
 
jxyama said:
univ. of michigan got a bunch yesterday afternoon as well. i'm sure it tricked a lot of people on campus. it really is a pretty darn well disguised email virus...

http://www.itd.umich.edu/news/2004winter/03022004a.html
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Everyone seems to think that this virus is targeting them. At work today, I received a copy. The people over at Macintouch seem to think that it is specifically targeting .mac users. This virus seems to customize itself on the fly. However, it not specifically targeting anyone in particular.
 
MisterMe said:
You don't get out much, do you?
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How so?

I know its spam i said so in the title of the thread.

I just wanted to see if other people had received similar emails...seeng as it came from an official account. 🙄
 
oldschool said:
How so?

I know its spam i said so in the title of the thread.

I just wanted to see if other people had received similar emails...seeng as it came from an official account. 🙄
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No, it is not SPAM, at least not in the usual sense. That email is an attempt to install a virus on your computer. You really don't get out much, do you?
 
Speaking of SPAM

I hate spam (both of them) they leave a sour taste in my mouth. And I wish I could seek out Spammers and get revenge yet why fight fire with fire. BUT i'm starting to wonder how many Gigs of Rules I'll have to create in my mail program to finally be at peace. Even though it's just text, could Rules take up a considerable ammount of room on my drive? Any other solutions aside from changing my e-mail address (Which is sent out to employers)? Can I send out a complaint to Hormel Foods? 🙂
 
Cervotragik said:
Even though it's just text, could Rules take up a considerable ammount of room on my drive?
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No. As you say, they are basically just text, and a thousand rules wouldn't use a noticable amount of disk space compared to downloading music, videos, and software.
 
MisterMe said:
No, it is not SPAM, at least not in the usual sense. That email is an attempt to install a virus on your computer. You really don't get out much, do you?
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Come on MisterMe, it may not be spam but you don't have to be mean about it.


And besides your logic is flawed...how can getting OUT more help me learn about email scams and viruses?
 
carletonmusic said:
harvard got the same late last night.

Many, many people were confused because it came from addresses like techsupport@harvard.edu or itdepartment@harvard.edu. When they are junk accounts, people are pretty aware; when they appear to be official - eeeek.
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The IT guys at the med school are pretty good about blocking this stuff. My account hasn't been hit by a virus in some time. The notices sent out by them are often surprisingly entertaining too. During the last virus attack they said "Our system is performing like a well trained ninja."
 
oldschool said:
Come on MisterMe, it may not be spam but you don't have to be mean about it.


And besides your logic is flawed...how can getting OUT more help me learn about email scams and viruses?
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Oldschool has a point! Maybe the people who don't 'get out much' are the people who know so much about spam and virus'.

And he is also right, he was just raising a point, no need to try and start a fight.

Marc
 
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