SCAM Alert: friend received an email for E-ticket never ordered???
Oct 4, 2012, 12:06 pm
#50
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Jackson MS
Programs: DL Plat
Posts: 130
Got one myself, NO NAME. Had me flying Oct 13 to somewhere I can't recall with a price tagged at under $350 IIRC. There was an attachment which I assumed contained some bad thing. I checked my schedule to make sure I was not traveling that day and promptly deleted the email.
Oct 4, 2012, 12:09 pm
#51
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Wirelessly posted (Samsung Galaxy S: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.0.4; en-us; SGH-T989 Build/IMM76D) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/534.30)
What is the scam? Does the e-mail ask for payment?
What is the scam? Does the e-mail ask for payment?
Oct 4, 2012, 12:12 pm
#52
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 1,621
The emails have an attachment, which is likely malware.
Oct 4, 2012, 12:12 pm
#53
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: SAV
Programs: Atlanta's hometown airline. A bunch of hotel programs. PetSmart PetPerks.
Posts: 2,531
I have also gotten them from AA in the past and I have never bought a ticket on AA so I knew it was spam/phishing.
This alert is on DL.com, it was on the front page for a while & is now buried, but they are aware that this is a problem:
We have recently received reports from customers of fraudulent emails claiming to be from Delta Air Lines. As such, please be advised of the following:
We recommend you change your SkyMiles account PIN immediately and monitor your account for any misuse.
These emails were not sent by Delta Air Lines.
You should not click on the link in the email or open any attachments.
Instead, you should delete the email from your inbox.
These emails claim that you have purchased a Delta ticket, a credit card has been charged and/or an invoice or receipt is attached to the email. If you receive one of these emails, do not open the attachment as it may contain potentially dangerous viruses or harm your computer.
Be assured that Delta did not send these emails, and our customers’ credit cards have not been charged by Delta as a result of the emails. These emails did not originate from Delta, nor do we believe that any personal information that you provided us was used to generate these emails. We will continue to post updates on this page as additional information becomes available.
http://www.delta.com/traveling_check...hing/index.jsp
This alert is on DL.com, it was on the front page for a while & is now buried, but they are aware that this is a problem:
We have recently received reports from customers of fraudulent emails claiming to be from Delta Air Lines. As such, please be advised of the following:
We recommend you change your SkyMiles account PIN immediately and monitor your account for any misuse.
These emails were not sent by Delta Air Lines.
You should not click on the link in the email or open any attachments.
Instead, you should delete the email from your inbox.
These emails claim that you have purchased a Delta ticket, a credit card has been charged and/or an invoice or receipt is attached to the email. If you receive one of these emails, do not open the attachment as it may contain potentially dangerous viruses or harm your computer.
Be assured that Delta did not send these emails, and our customers’ credit cards have not been charged by Delta as a result of the emails. These emails did not originate from Delta, nor do we believe that any personal information that you provided us was used to generate these emails. We will continue to post updates on this page as additional information becomes available.
http://www.delta.com/traveling_check...hing/index.jsp
Oct 4, 2012, 12:14 pm
#54
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So it's simply malware.
Originally Posted by akonradi
The emails have an attachment, which is likely malware.
Oct 4, 2012, 12:14 pm
#56
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: DTW
Programs: DL DM, National EE, Hertz PC, IHG PL, Bonvoy Amb
Posts: 1,342
Got something similar that my work's anti-virus filter flagged and blocked - identifying the following virus: Trojan-290, Mal/BredoZp-B
Mine was from [email protected]
Mine was from [email protected]
Oct 4, 2012, 2:06 pm
#60
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: DTW/FNT
Programs: Delta (nee NW), Hilton Diamond. IHG (PT)
Posts: 4,823
+1
These have been around for quite a while and Delta is well aware of them...
see:
https://www.delta.com/traveling_chec...hing/index.jsp
Bob H
These have been around for quite a while and Delta is well aware of them...
see:
https://www.delta.com/traveling_chec...hing/index.jsp
Bob H