possible fraud attempt and phising on my mail logs

spart cus linux_spartacus at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 8 12:31:29 GMT 2006



--- Dhawal Doshy <dhawal at netmagicsolutions.com> wrote:

> spart cus wrote:
> > */Dhawal Doshy <dhawal at netmagicsolutions.com>/*
> wrote:
> >     spart cus wrote:
> >      > hi guys,
> >      > found this logs on my mail server about
> possible fraud attempt
> >     and phising.
> >      > is this normal ?
> >      >
> >      > Found ip-based phishing fraud from 10.2.0.0
> >      > Found ip-based phishing fraud from
> 255.255.255.255
> >      > Found ip-based phishing fraud from 10.1.0.0
> >      > Found ip-based phishing fraud from
> 255.255.255.255
> >      >
> >      > . *MailScanner has detected a possible
> fraud attempt from
> >     "ee.ee.ee.ee"
> >      > claiming to be* *MailScanner warning:
> numerical links are often
> >      > malicious: ee.ee.ee.ee*
> > 
> >     [SNIP]
> > 
> >     This is quite normal. It can be controlled
> using the "Also Find Numeric
> >     Phishing" parameter in MailScanner.conf
> > 
> >     - dhawal
> > 
> > can i disable this one? or its better the way it
> is. coz i checked at 
> > the mail and it contains lots of links and some
> router configurations 
> > wherein ip addresses are present.
> 
> Most options in MailScanner.conf can be set to
> 'yes', 'no' or a ruleset.
> 
> To completely disable, use:
> Also Find Numeric Phishing = no
> 
> To use a ruleset, use:
> Also Find Numeric Phishing =
> %rules-dir%/find.numeric.phishing.rules
> 
> i recommend that you read the wiki
> (wiki.mailscanner.info) OR better, 
> buy the mailscanner book.
> 
> - dhawal
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tnx for all the help.i do want to buy the book but
dont have the money. is there any available pdf's for
that ? it would be a great help here in our community
for that. Godbless.


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