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BBB Phishing II
You may have ready read the post about BBB Phishing. They do want to know about the spam/phishing emails, so please forward the email to them at [email protected].
Since forwarding my first few scams, the faux emails have really slowed down. A new one came thru the other day and I tried forwarding it to them and I kept getting a rejected message. So, knowing that they want this information to prevent it, I sent an email without the forward, asking about how to get the information to them. Here is their response. Read it a few times. There is a lot of good information in there. 🙂
Thank you for contacting the Council of Better Business Bureaus.
You may have received an email that says your company is the subject of a complaint filed with BBB, or that a customer review about your business has been posted. It may reference a case number or a particular scam, or it may be vague on the details.
These emails are going to companies AND individuals. In each case, they ask you to click on a link that appears to go to a BBB page, or you are asked to download a file, sometimes referred to as a “self-extracting archive Adobe PDF” file. (Note - sometimes “Adobe” is misspelled as “Adope”.)
These are very dangerous emails. It is important that you do NOT click on any of the links in the emails or download any attachments.
If you did click on a link or open or download any attachments, your computer may have unwittingly downloaded a stealthy malware program which is able to pass by most anti-virus programs undetected. In the event you clicked on a link, you should consider having your computer scanned by a trusted computer repair facility to see if any malware is present and, if so, can be removed.
If you did not click on any links or attachments, you are still strongly encouraged to run a complete virus scan on your system.
You can learn more about these bogus phishing and malware scams at http://www.bbb.org/us/article/email-phishing-scam-hijacks-bbb-name-again-36089.
In the future, if you receive an email that appears to come from Better Business Bureau, please check with your local BBB office to determine whether it is legitimate. You can find your local BBB office by visiting http://www.bbb.org/us/find-a-bbb/. You can also forward the email to [email protected] for assistance.
Thank you for contacting the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. We hope this information is helpful.
(NOTE: You may have received a notice that your email was rejected by our server. You may disregard this notice, as our server is programmed to issue such a response when certain potentially harmful elements are present in an email message. However, our server was able to accept your message.)
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BBB Phishing
I got a letter from BBB saying I had a complaint from a client that I don’t have in a city I don’t work in. I contacted BBB and they gave me this email address to send the email to: [email protected].
Below is a letter I received after emailing the Better Business Bureau after forwarding the email to them.
Dear Consumer:
Thank you for forwarding this bogus email to the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc (CBBB). This suspicious email appears to be a new “phishing” attempt that fraudulently uses the BBB name. You can learn more about these phishing scams at http://www.bbb.org/us/article/email-phishing-scam-hijacks-bbb-name-again-36089.
You are strongly encouraged to run a complete virus scan on your system. And if you have downloaded any files associated with the email, you should delete them immediately.
Meanwhile, Better Business Bureau is working with our deactivation team to determine the level of threat this email poses and what further action is necessary.
Please note that you may have received an automatic reply indicating your email was not received by CBBB. This automatic reply is sent anytime an email which looks like spam reaches our servers. However, we did in fact receive your email.
Thank you once again for bringing this to our attention.
So glad they responded and wanted to share this information with you!!
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I have a PayPal account, but not with email address this was sent to!! One of the great things about Outlook and Outlook Express, is that you can see the links at the bottom of the email without actually having to click on it to see where it goes and what kinds of cooties it tries to give you! All you do is “hover” your cursor over the link.
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Be aware of your accounts and who you do business with. If you have questions, contact your accountant or financial adviser or stop by your local bank.
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Does anyone else see anything wrong with this email? Not only is it missing the departure location and time, but is it also has many attachments which are generally all in the email. Oh and let’s not forget the bad grammar!! The list goes on. Don’t fall for this!!
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Protect your computer from Cooties!
Viruses, Malware and other issues are a big concern for a lot of Web uses. To prevent this, use the latest version of Web browsers (Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc.), that runs with virus scanning software. The image above is a sample of how sites are scanned and help to give you a heads up so you don’t visit a site with cooties.
There are a lot of FREE anti-virus software out there. Some are better than others. I recommend using two. There are so many bad guys out there, creating viruses and spyware, that it’s best to double up on your protection. If one anti-virus program does not catch something, the other might. I recommend having one scan your computer regularly and running the second one manually from time to time (more often if you are constantly checking out new sights and opening a lot of emails from strangers). Do not run these at the same time. Run one, then run the other.
If you want to pay for your protection, great! The programmers will thank you and you will get even better protection! I personally an a big fan of AVG and Malwarebytes. Other tech savvy people will agree, that Malwarebytes rocks! They will also agree that it’s always good to have multiple anti-virus and spyware programs. Another good (and free) anti-virus software is McAfee.
