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JandS

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Virus
« on: December 10, 2014, 05:00:39 pm »
Got this e mail this morning and was tempted to open it till I saw it just said "dear" with no name after it....looked it up and it's a virus.

Dear ,
 
We are making a payment to you.
 
Please find attached a copy of our remittance advice, which will reach your bank account on 11/12/2014.
 
If you have any questions regarding the remittance please contact us using the details below.
 
 
Kind regards


Angelia Henson
Anglia Engineering Solutions Ltd
Tel: 01469 605119

Comes with an attachment surprise surprise.
Impossible done straight away, miracles can take a little longer.

Kevin OBrien

  • Posts: 156
Re: Virus
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2014, 05:23:56 pm »
Have had loads of them same thing different company's got one from Westpak last week.

Richard Cole

  • Posts: 783
Re: Virus
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2014, 08:41:40 pm »
Yes i have been having them on and off for the last few months, never open the file just delete email, job done.
former carpet cleaner, now retired!

COLIN BRIGHT

  • Posts: 787
Re: Virus
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2014, 10:33:25 pm »
SO WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU READ THE EMAIL?

Derek_Walker

  • Posts: 454
Re: Virus
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2014, 11:43:48 pm »
No one has ever lived to tell ;D

Hilton

  • Posts: 5572
Re: Virus
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2014, 08:39:32 am »
Got this e mail this morning and was tempted to open it till I saw it just said "dear" with no name after it....looked it up and it's a virus.

Dear ,
 
We are making a payment to you.
 
Please find attached a copy of our remittance advice, which will reach your bank account on 11/12/2014.
 
If you have any questions regarding the remittance please contact us using the details below.
 
 
Kind regards


Angelia Henson
Anglia Engineering Solutions Ltd
Tel: 01469 605119

Comes with an attachment surprise surprise.

These have been going around for a long time just another angle from the usual scammers, they send hundreds of thousands out and hope just a few respond, its very clever actually , who would open an emails addressed to no one from a company you have not dealt with or heard off ?

Usually its people who are both greedy and gullible, that's how they snare them.

handyal

  • Posts: 41
Re: Virus
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2014, 08:56:19 am »
I had exactly the same one yesterday from this alleged company. Deleted straight away.

John Kelly

  • Posts: 4461
Re: Virus
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2014, 09:16:04 am »
Just posted about this on the scam alert thread. This is a new sophisticated macro which is going undetected by anti virus software. If you have clicked on the excel software and have macros enabled do not use that computer to access your bank, facebook, ebay etc as they will get you passwords and clean you out.

DB

  • Posts: 191
Re: Virus
« Reply #8 on: December 12, 2014, 07:17:20 pm »
Change you passwords regularly...I have several members of my family have been scammed...the latest was someone getting hold of mobile phone details and changing the account....it only came to light when a text was sent to him asking the owner to confirm a password change
He hadn't changed it.....he has been in touch with authorities and only just missed out on losing 5k....he was lucky