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The Dreaded Lurgy

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    I just recieved an email claiming to be from my own site -

    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Dear user of the notanangel.co.uk mailing service![/FONT]
    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]We are informing you that because of the security upgrade of the mailing service your mailbox ([email protected]) settings were changed. In order to apply the new set of settings click on the following link:[/FONT]
    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
    http://notanangel.co.uk/owa/service_directory/[email protected]&from=notanangel.co.uk&fromname=info[/FONT]
    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Best regards, notanangel.co.uk Technical Support.[/FONT]
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    What on earth is this, obviously some kind of scam but waht and how. The link it asks you to click goes to a url of

    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]http://notanangel.co.uk.ffffexil.co.uk/owa/service_directory/[email protected]&from=notanangel.co.uk&fromname=info[/FONT]
    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]
    which has the extra red bit not listed in the link text, I have not dared click on it, is this a page on my site that has somehow been added without my permission?

    Cheers, Jon.
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    The Dreaded Lurgy

  • #3
    Thanks that is a bit of peace of mind for me. I am getting so much of this stuff now, fake emails from banks I am not with, foney job offers and the occassional nigerian prince or exotic lottery win!

    apexweb said:
    Your site has not been hacked as the page is hosted on their own servers.
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    How do they manage to get that url? is it as simple as registering the domain notanangel.co.uk.ffffexil on a .co.uk?
     
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