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Author Fake emails looking like they are from CS
Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
User status: Online
6th Jul 05 at 16:25   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've just got the following email:

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Dear Corsasport Member,

Your e-mail account was used to send a huge amount of unsolicited spam messages during the recent week. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and confirm the attached document so you will not run into any future problems with the online service.

If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to cancel your membership.

Virtually yours,
The Corsasport Support Team

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This email is FAKE, as is any email which doesnt not either come from Ian Griffiths or Tim Wright, WE USE OUR OWN NAMES.

Where these messages contain attachments, DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT. Although it is highly likely that our virus scanner will have removed any virus which is present, this is one of the reasons why the mail may be been sent.

These messages are nothing more than a cheap trick to fool users of this site, DO NOT FALL FOR IT. It maddens me greatly and I do intend to stop them arriving or at least make sure no one is unaware of what is going on.

[Edited on 10-09-2005 by Ian]
vibrio
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Registered: 28th Feb 01
Location: POAH
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7th Jul 05 at 15:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've got ones from my work that say the same thing
Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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8th Jul 05 at 11:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ross, do you secretly work for CORSASPORT?

I am aware that Ian is a part of G8 though.
Voyto
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Registered: 9th Feb 03
Location: Stafford
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18th Jul 05 at 17:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Im gettin about 6 a day now, its gettin a bit silly
Tim
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Registered: 21st Apr 00
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20th Jul 05 at 08:21   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
We're sorting out our email server this weekend hopefully -- should block these.
Nismo
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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21st Jul 05 at 06:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Effecting allot of the ISP's to.
SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
Location: pain
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21st Jul 05 at 19:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thanks for the warning Ian (may well have got tripped up by that one, although not received anything yet), much appreciated
sassyminx
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Registered: 10th Jan 04
Location: Hartlepool Drives: Cossie
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25th Jul 05 at 14:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ive had loads of these
mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
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30th Jul 05 at 13:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
got 2 today

one of them........
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Dear Corsasport Member,

We have temporarily suspended your email account mav@corsasport.co.uk.

This might be due to either of the following reasons:

1. A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address).
2. Submiting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
3. An innability to accurately verify your selected option of subscription due to an internal error within our processors.
See the details to reactivate your Corsasport account.

Sincerely,The Corsasport Support Team






+++ Attachment: No Virus (Clean)
+++ Corsasport Antivirus - www.corsasport.co.uk
vibrio
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Registered: 28th Feb 01
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31st Jul 05 at 07:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
shame thats not real eh mav
mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
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1st Aug 05 at 20:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


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Dear user mav,

You have successfully updated the password of your Corsasport account.

If you did not authorize this change or if you need assistance with your account, please contact Corsasport customer service at: administrator@corsasport.co.uk

Thank you for using Corsasport!
The Corsasport Support Team





Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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10th Aug 05 at 23:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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11th Aug 05 at 10:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Who set's these fakes things up
Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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8th Sep 05 at 22:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
TTT



Sorry.
Tim
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Registered: 21st Apr 00
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12th Sep 05 at 11:40   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
These should calm down a bit now...

I've installed some extra special anti-spam checking on the new server to combat this type of attack.

 
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