Spam problems

[dingbat]

Been getting Spam pretending to be facebook request emails. They've now stopped using the facebook logo but it's the same spammers. I'm getting about 20 a day now getting through the spam filter.

When I hover over the link it's a different domain name on each email but always with '/pending/notification' at the end.

I normally just delete them but they're irritating me now. I'm guessing these are valid domains that have been hacked with dubious persons posting phishing crap on their webspace.

Any ideas what can be done?

 

[KC12]

Can you set a filter (or rule/alert exact term varies depending on what email you are uisng) to send any email from */pending/notification to the bin and skip inbox(or a different folder if you want to check them all at some point because your likely to receive a request you want to respond too.)

* is a wildcard so anything before the * is ignored when the computer is checking the names

 

[Lucky7CompSolutions]

Been getting Spam pretending to be facebook request emails. They've now stopped using the facebook logo but it's the same spammers. I'm getting about 20 a day now getting through the spam filter.

When I hover over the link it's a different domain name on each email but always with '/pending/notification' at the end.

I normally just delete them but they're irritating me now. I'm guessing these are valid domains that have been hacked with dubious persons posting phishing crap on their webspace.

Any ideas what can be done?

You need to change all your password to something stronger and get a better spam filter or create a rule for them messages to be binned as spam

 

[Dan_Kesher]

dingbat, you aren't alone. We have a few clients reporting fake facebook emails. The interesting thing is, I've checked some of the emails out, and they usually take you to a fake viagra retailer rather than a fake facebook login screen.
Not sure what the scam is or how they are making money out of it.

The simplest things to do to protect yourself is:-

- Get a good spam filter.
- Get good virus protection which also provides phishing protection like Kaspersky or similar.
- Sign up for a service like opendns which provides built-in phishing protection and is free for home use (but I do know some businesses using the free service without any problems). It provides phishing protection directly from your broadband router so you don't need to go around the office installing it on every PC. https://www.opendns.com/home-solutions/parental-controls/

 

[MikeJ]

You need to change all your password to something stronger

How would that help him with this issue?:|

 

[mattearlycom]

How would that help him with this issue?:|

I think its confusion of who is sending the emails... whata mistakea to makea

 

[Lucky7CompSolutions]

How would that help him with this issue?:|

Because he has had viruses and the changes are he has had his accounts hacked also he has scanned the computer with a few virus scanners that's not going to tell you if you have viruses or not he needs to take it to a professional how knows what there looking for.

 

[MikeJ]

He's getting spam, and is suggesting that the links he's being sent are to websites that are being hacked.

Nowhere has he mentioned being infected with viruses, or that he thinks his own security has been compromised.

 

[mattearlycom]

He's getting spam, and is suggesting that the links he's being sent are to websites that are being hacked.

Nowhere has he mentioned being infected with viruses, or that he thinks his own security has been compromised.

Or that his computer needs to be taken in for repairs

 

[Lucky7CompSolutions]

He's getting spam, and is suggesting that the links he's being sent are to websites that are being hacked.

Nowhere has he mentioned being infected with viruses, or that he thinks his own security has been compromised.

I was thinking about another thread on here lol, sorry for the confusion back to bed for me lol

 

[ServWise]

Yeah not much you can do except improve your anti-spam measures, a simple filter might work but be careful your not blocking legitimate emails too.

 

[dingbat]

Forgot all about this thread over Xmas . Thanks for the replies. Those particular spam messages have stopped now. One of them was spoofing an Australian police department email address. Maybe that ended their days.