Keanu Reeves said:
Cheers m8 Just i always worry when i get stuff like that..Thought it was
some virus i had on me pc which i didnt no about looks like its just a loada
rubish.
Me too and it confirms my suspicions (I had a few worries about an
address being forged on a forum).
The URLs (if you unpick it there are a couple) in the email generate a
404 Not Found (I disabled ActiveX and other stuff and was running
firewall and AV in case it existed and tried to download anything)
though there are genuine sites with somewhat similar names. At a
guess it is mimicking swforums site's URL.
I'm assuming it is an attempt to get people to verify their email addy
to a spammer by sending panicky emails to the address saying they
can't reach the site (it being non-existent). Alternatively the site
existed, contained viral content and has been taken down. My other
thought was someone forging my addy (it was not sent to this address,
but to my Freeserve address). I haven't seen any copies on my AOL
addresses.
The html source of the email had all sorts of junk strings in to
defeat spam filters. I went with hypothesis 1 - trick people into
replying and harvesting their addresses - but tried to forward it to
Freeserve. However it does some very odd things when forwarded
(generating mail-loops), resulting in it being bounced back.
I'm probably late into this discussion as Google Groups has a bit of a
lag, but thought I'd add my 2 penn'orth.
The source for the one I got is:
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From: "Martin" <
[email protected]>
Subject: What does this post mean? Your email was provided in comments
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Why did you post this message at <a hrefvoteshref=
http://asteroid.com
href=
"
http://www.sweforums.com">
www.sweforums.com </a> (In the third
window).
Your email was provided in comments.
What does this post mean?<br> I'll contact your internet provider if
you do not delete
it in 5 hours. Delete this information asap. Our operators will
check it in 5 hours.
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#ffffef>dispatchedastronautpurerregalreefer</font><br>
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Sweforum team <br>
10155 S. Knoll Circle <br>
Highlands Ranch, <br>
CO 80130 <br>
United States<br>
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Cheers
Sarah
