Curious Spam

[Randal, Phil]

We got two copies here, one directly to me.  I couldn't figure it either,
but had absolutely no desire to follow the links contained withinn.  I
probably should have forwarded it to the Met's Fraud Squad.

Phil

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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK

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> Subject: Curious Spam
>
> I just recieved an unusual spam that I've not seen before
> (maybe because I've given up religiously checking stuff that
> SA catches, or maybe its a new one).  SA didn't catch it
> (scored about 3, mainly thanks to a razor hit).  The email
> claims to be confirmation of a laptop order, detailing a
> laptop to be dispatched and claiming that it will be charged
> to your bank acount and delivered to the address given at the
> time of order.
> There are a number of links to a website (for 'tracking' or
> 'cancelling'), but the website has been taken down 'due to
> hosting violation'.
> I guess most users would be pretty concerned by this, its
> pretty well constructed and looks quite authentic.  Of course
> a quick look at the headers reveals the expected forged
> sender address, and the razor hit - but users don't know to do that.
> Does anyone know any more about this, I'm guessing its some
> kind of phishing scam?
>
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