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Thursday, September 27, 2007
Fake E-mail Alert Notice/Info
In the case you didn't already know, spammers will find a way into your inbox almost any way they can.
One very common way nowadays is to send an e-mail on behalf of someone you already know, or just a common organization found on the internet. GiftsForYou.Biz is not stranger to these 'spoofs'. You are just as likely to receive an e-mail claiming it's from GiftsForYou.Biz as you are next to an e-mail claiming to be from Bank of America, PayPal, or eBay.
Rest assured, GiftsForYou.Biz is no more sending these spams any more than Citizen's Bank or KDC-Info. As a matter of fact, if you examine the headers of the e-mail using your e-mail software, you will find the actual IP address of where the e-mail came from. And if you look up that IP, you will find it's probably not even from the same Country as the business it claims to be from. If you sign up for a free account with SpamCop.Net, you can paste the header contents into a field and see all the true information regarding that e-mail.
Most good IP-filtering software should examine this originating IP rather than the "From:" address. I, as owner of GiftsForYou.Biz, use and encourage black-list filters from companies such as Spamhaus. Spamhaus allows you to tell certain mail software to check its current list of offending IP addresses using feeds such as sbl.spamhaus.org, zen.spamhaus.org, or sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org.
Here are a couple articles direct from this expert source that might help with protecting yourself (or your computer, rather).
How can I use the Spamhaus zones (ZEN or SBL, XBL, PBL) if I don't run my own mail server (e.g., I only use Outlook or I'd prefer to have a program that will stop my e-mail out on the mail server)?
http://www.spamhaus.org/faq/answers.lasso?section=DNSBL%20Technical#31
How do I use the SBL?
http://www.spamhaus.org/faq/answers.lasso?section=Spamhaus%20SBL#11
The only e-mails you will get from GiftsForYou.Biz are if you're subscribed to The Crystal Connection (GiftsForYou.Biz newsletter), if you make an inquiry via the Customer Service page, or if you place an order (you will get confirmation e-mails).
Comments:
These are done by the hackers who have a server and having php safe mode on. They can send email as anyone. Even as webmaster@paypal.com or something like that. They actually use it to steal cookies. And also to spam. They can't be detected easily. I have also got some emails like i have 400$ etc.
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