Dodgy emails

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:37 pm

Got two today from different persons.

ww.ghot.in/wp-content/themes/ etc and sent to 7 addresses.

ww.354design.co/wp-content/themes/ etc and sent to 6 addresses

Deleted both without opening, any idea what they are. :dunno:

BillyGoat · Post by **BillyGoat** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:43 pm

spam - delete them as you have done.

Could range from phishing attempts, fake sites, malicious scripts waiting on the sites to execute, re-directs, popups, place holders, trackers, pages to verify the email is valid when you land to gather active email addresses, many more

I get about 50+ a day on my work email - drives me nuts. That's excluding the 200+ that land in my junk folder.

Cannyfixit · Post by **Cannyfixit** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:45 pm

Ghot.in is a indian dating site

354 design looks like it could be after Facebook logins as it asks to sign in to face book from the link

We are currently building a new site which will be ready soon. In the mean time you can follow us on Twitter and Facebook to stay updated on our progress.

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:47 pm

Would the sender be infected, I know the first sender, and it included both my email addresses.

The second sender Not sure I have communicated with.

BillyGoat · Post by **BillyGoat** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:57 pm

Maybe.

It's so easy to forge sender address. If you get lots, let them know - if it's just the odd one, just delete and forget.

BG

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 2:23 pm

It was sent to two of my email addresses by a mate, which got me suspicious.

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:44 pm

BillyGoat wrote:spam - delete them as you have done.

Could range from phishing attempts, fake sites, malicious scripts waiting on the sites to execute, re-directs, popups, place holders, trackers, pages to verify the email is valid when you land to gather active email addresses, many more

I get about 50+ a day on my work email - drives me nuts. That's excluding the 200+ that land in my junk folder.

I get a similar amount. It's a real pain if you go away for a few days and switch the computer on to see thousands of emails

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 7:51 am

aol suspended his acc for suspicious activity.

BillyGoat · Post by **BillyGoat** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:35 am

Anyone on AOL should be suspended

dorayme · Post by **dorayme** » Thu May 17, 2012 12:48 pm

They could be compromised Wordpress sites, the URL structure gives the game away (wp-content). My guess is that whoever performed the installs for these, didn't use unique salt keys enabling the site's to be compromised. This in turn gives access to the site's smtp services via PHP from which a hell of a lot of spam can be sent.

Just my $0.02

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