New social engineering tactic

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Read this in the news?

Those caught illegally sharing digital media will get warnings e-mailed and posted to them before having their net connection terminated.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7706014.stm

Then you might fall for this email:

Your internet access is going to get suspended

The Internet Service Provider Consorcium was made to protect the rights of software authors, artists.
We conduct regular wiretapping on our networks, to monitor criminal acts.

We are aware of your illegal activities on the internet wich were originating from

You can check the report of your activities in the past 6 month that we have attached. We strongly advise you to stop your activities regarding the illegal downloading of copyrighted material of your internet access will be suspended.

Sincerely
ICS Monitoring Team

Don’t!

The attached report is a virus!

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Thanks for posting that info, Frank. :slight_smile:

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And ppl are always stupid enough to fall for the same “tactics” over and over again if you just change few words in these mails.
All i can say is omfg…

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Just a new twist on an old trick.

If you didn’t expect it, don’t open it.

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Well [cough] I kinda did expect it [cough]. That’s the point. No doubt a lot of people will be half expecting an email like that, which gives the attack a chance of success.

The bad grammar and spelling smelt very fishy, though, and before I could send the attachment to VirusTotal, BTYahoo’s scanner nabbed the file.