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SCAM Alert: friend received an email for E-ticket never ordered???

SCAM Alert: friend received an email for E-ticket never ordered???

Old Oct 4, 2012, 2:16 pm
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It still amazes me how many of these fake emails there are.

There have been one or two occasions where I "almost" fell for it. The easiest way to see if it is fake is 1. check the return email and 2. on the click on the link hover over the link but don't click on it and see where it is taking you.

Bottom line is if in doubt, call first and never open an attachment that you don't know 100% who sent it to you.

I love the ones that are from banks that I have no account.
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Old Oct 4, 2012, 2:29 pm
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Or the ones from the Republic of Zamunda telling me their King has bequeathed his fortune to me. Assuming I send my bank account information to them, so that the wire can be completed.

#SMH
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Old Oct 4, 2012, 2:35 pm
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Are these better to delete or to sand to spam?
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Old Oct 4, 2012, 2:48 pm
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MODS this one is already talked about here:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...cam-delta.html

Add to end?
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Old Oct 4, 2012, 8:20 pm
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Originally Posted by akonradi
Originally Posted by Yaatri
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What is the scam? Does the e-mail ask for payment?
The emails have an attachment, which is likely malware.
So it's simply malware.
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Old Oct 4, 2012, 9:28 pm
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Here's a copy of the one I got yesterday . . . .

From: [email protected]

Hello,

E-TICKET / EH028526182
SEAT / 27A/ZONE 1
DATE / TIME 10 OCTOBER, 2012, 11:35 AM
ARRIVING / Toledo
FORM OF PAYMENT / CC
TOTAL PRICE / 249.70 USD
REF / KE.6895 ST / OK
BAG / 4PC

Your ticket is attached.
To use your ticket you should print it.

Thank you for using our airline company services.
Delta Air Lines.

Of course, there's a zip file attachment.

A few thingz . . . .

Who wants to go to Toledo?
Who needs 4 checked bags to go to Toledo?
A DM in Zone 1!!!! Good Lord!!!!
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Old Oct 4, 2012, 11:34 pm
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Originally Posted by davetravels
Here's a copy of the one I got yesterday . . . .

From: [email protected]

Hello,

E-TICKET / EH028526182
SEAT / 27A/ZONE 1
DATE / TIME 10 OCTOBER, 2012, 11:35 AM
ARRIVING / Toledo
FORM OF PAYMENT / CC
TOTAL PRICE / 249.70 USD
REF / KE.6895 ST / OK
BAG / 4PC

Your ticket is attached.
To use your ticket you should print it.

Thank you for using our airline company services.
Delta Air Lines.
I got the same one today. After the seat row number, the first thing I noticed was the ticket number didn't begin with 006.
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Old Oct 5, 2012, 6:22 am
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I got one yesterday as well, with a zipped attachment. I knew it was fishy because it came to an email address I don't use for Delta purchases, and Delta doesn't email tickets as attachments. Excited me to think about going to HNL though. I've never been.
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Old Oct 5, 2012, 7:05 am
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Originally Posted by davetravels
Here's a copy of the one I got yesterday . . .
From: [email protected]

Hello,


ARRIVING / Toledo

Your ticket is attached.
To use your ticket you should print it.


A few thingz . . . .

Who wants to go to Toledo?
Who needs 4 checked bags to go to Toledo?
A DM in Zone 1!!!! Good Lord!!!!
This one's a laugher !!!!

Delta no longer flies to Toledo

It doesn't use an airport code (TOL)

and no one uses tickets per se anymore.

(of course most of us won't have read that far !)

and there might be someone who wants to go to a Mudhen's game, or a Toledo Rockets game and eat at Tony Pacco's first.

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Old Oct 5, 2012, 7:50 am
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No scam here. The e-mail did not seek to get money frim recipients.
Malware is simply malware, not a scheme to put their hand in your pocket.
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Old Oct 5, 2012, 7:56 am
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No scam here. The e-mail did not seek to get money frim recipients.
Malware is simply malware, not a scheme to put their hand in your pocket.
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Old Oct 5, 2012, 8:30 am
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Originally Posted by Yaatri
Malware is simply malware, not a scheme to put their hand in your pocket.
Except indirectly, since access to an infected computer can be rented to spamming bad guys or used for a DDOS by botnet (zombie army) herders.

If the malware is after your financial data instead of simply conscripting your computer, there could be real economic loss and personal disruption.
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Old Oct 5, 2012, 10:34 am
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Originally Posted by davetravels
Here's a copy of the one I got yesterday . . . .

From: [email protected]

Hello,

E-TICKET / EH028526182
SEAT / 27A/ZONE 1
DATE / TIME 10 OCTOBER, 2012, 11:35 AM
ARRIVING / Toledo
FORM OF PAYMENT / CC
TOTAL PRICE / 249.70 USD
REF / KE.6895 ST / OK
BAG / 4PC

Your ticket is attached.
To use your ticket you should print it.

Thank you for using our airline company services.
Delta Air Lines.

Of course, there's a zip file attachment.

A few thingz . . . .

Who wants to go to Toledo?
Who needs 4 checked bags to go to Toledo?
A DM in Zone 1!!!! Good Lord!!!!
I got something very similar this week. I knew it was not a trip I had planned, and I just deleted it, assuming it was spam.
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Old Oct 5, 2012, 12:15 pm
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Originally Posted by Yaatri
No scam here. The e-mail did not seek to get money frim recipients.
Malware is simply malware, not a scheme to put their hand in your pocket.
Why don't you open the zip file and let us all know how it works out for you...
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Old Oct 5, 2012, 12:49 pm
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Originally Posted by ecaarch
Originally Posted by Yaatri
No scam here. The e-mail did not seek to get money frim recipients.
Malware is simply malware, not a scheme to put their hand in your pocket.
Why don't you open the zip file and let us all know how it works out for you...
Wow. Where did that come from?
Not everyrhing that's harmful to you or your computer is a SCAM.
And just because it's NOT a SCAM, it does not imply, it's something I want to do. @:-)
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