This spam email came to me this morning. Remember to be careful about NEVER clicking on links in a suspicious email. Even if you recognize the sender, you should be wary of clicking any links that feel suspicious. Things that made this email feel suspicous to me:
1) I don’t know the sender (although the name is similar enough to someone I know that it made me think twice)
2) The email is addressed to someone else than me
3) The email subject is not specific and unusual: “hello —–2K”
4) There’s an unsolicited link in the email
5) The link looks kinda spammy: “sleubo0.com”
6) I checked and the web address was just registered a few days ago with an anonymous domain registration
If you want to keep your computer clean. Never click on a link in an unsolicited email.
Here’s the full details of the email I got:
hello —–2K
from Albert Dukes chemtiger05@gmail.com
to LCOLE@clemson.edu
date Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 4:15 AM
subject hello —–2K
mailed-by gmail.com
signed-by gmail.com
hide details 4:15 AM (6 hours ago)
hello:
I have good news for you. Last week
I have Order china 38 Products Samsung UN55B8000 55-Inch 1080p 240Hz LED HDTV
I completed bank transfer payments,I have received the product!
w e b:www.sleubo0.com
It’s amazing The item is original, brand new and has high quality,
but it’s muc cheaper. I’m pleased to share this good news with you!
I believe you will find what you want there and have an good experience
on shopping from them
Regards!
dsfsdfty ghfghj…
About
Hello!
I stumpled upon this post during a Google search for the website in this spam message. One of my friends’ Gmail account has been sending this exact message to about 2000 people during the night between January 26th and 27th (European time).
Do you know if this is a keylogger or something similar located on the PC, or if it has nothing to do with any files on the PC?
He has just formatted the PC, and was in the process of reinstalling various programs, so the list of suspected programs is, in this case, huge. Seeing as you (and judging by other Google search results; many others) also have been sending out those messages, I suspect it has nothing to do with keylogging software or other malicious software.
Thanks in advance for your reply!