FAKE EIRCOM EMAIL WARNING

Biggins

I know this is a security issue (and its posted in the "Tech - Security" section) but its an important one that every NEW NET USER should see.
I hope the mods allow me the exception of posting it here to warn others.

Eircom fake emails are going around again

Got this email this morning. Am 100% sure its a fake.

Dear Email Account Owner,
This message is from EIRCOM.NET
messaging center to all email account owners.
We are currently upgrading our data base and
e-mail account center. We are deleting all our
EIRCOM.NET Email account users
and other personal email accounts to create
more space for new accounts.
To prevent your EIRCOM.NET and
personal account from closing you will have to update it
below so that we will know that it's a presently
used account.We have been sending this notice to all email
account owners and this is the last notice/verification exercise.
CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW
Email Username :.......... .....
EMAIL Password :................
Date of Birth :................
Country or Territory:..........
Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to
update his or her account within Seven days of
receiving this warning will lose his or her account
permanently.
Thank you! EIRCOM.NET INTERNET.
Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ
Thanks,
EIRCOM.NET Account Upgrade Team

You had to reply to: eircom@localnet.com
Definitely NOT the way eircom send out emails - from a different email address server!

I contacted Eircom and then contacted the company that is hosting the server from which the emails were coming from.
Site: http://www.localnet.com/contact.php

Please warn others about this that you know.

Fratton Fred

that email smacks of customer service. No way did that come from Eircom

Adam

i thought we had moved past the "OMFG!!1 i got a spam email!!" times...

GrumPy

Mirror wrote: »

i thought we had moved past the "OMFG!!1 i got a spam email!!" times...

Apprently not.

Chucky the tree

Anyone who's thick enough to fall for these emails deserves it.

smellslikeshoes

Mirror wrote: »

i thought we had moved past the "OMFG!!1 i got a spam email!!" times...

I could imagine theres more people who would fall for this than the usual Nigerian royalty ones. There would be more people who are less internet savy with Eircom Email addresses than with other Email providers, not only that but Eircom have been upgrading their email system so it seems pretty plausible.

Biggins

I wouldn't fall for it but others will hit the REPLY button before putting their brain into gear.
They might be muppets but in good conscience, I'd still rather try and warn some of them.
Its the right thing to do.

Adam

smellslikeshoes wrote: »

I could imagine theres more people who would fall for this than the usual Nigerian royalty ones. There would be more people who are less internet savy with Eircom Email addresses than with other Email providers, not only that but Eircom have been upgrading their email system so it seems pretty plausible.

plausible? it asks for you're password, in plain text. nobody does that, not banks, not broadband providers, not mobile phone providers, not email providers. it's a rule of thumb.

ShooterSF

I'd hope the D.O.B thing will throw people off but there's always a few who dont see the harm it can do.

ShooterSF

Mirror wrote: »

plausible? it asks for you're password, in plain text. nobody does that, not banks, not broadband providers, not mobile phone providers, not email providers. it's a rule of thumb.

To you or me or most others here yes. But I know my parents and others who send an odd email who probably wouldnt cop it.

Anti

You really would have to be some kind of inbred retard to even think that was from Eircon. OP do you not have a spam filter on your email ?

useful_contacts

The other day i got an email from The Royal Bank Of Scotland and im not even with them:D

Adam

ShooterSF wrote: »

To you or me or most others here yes. But I know my parents and others who send an odd email who probably wouldnt cop it.

then they shouldn't be using it or should do so under supervision if working with any sensitive information.

Cuddlesworth

I got this but I chose to ignore it. After I get my 200,000 off of the Spanish lottery which I had apparently forgot doing, I'm gone from this country in a heartbeat.

wandatowell

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

I got this but I chose to ignore it. After I get my 200,000 off of the Spanish lottery which I had apparently forgot doing, I'm gone from this country in a heartbeat.

your heading to spain to do the lotto ya?

ShooterSF

I know the OP did or does repair home computers and I make a living doing so now and guys ye really underestimating the level of understanding people have about these things.

I know it's stupid to give out these details but I can bet that usually smart people will fall for this. I don't see the harm in getting a warning out so that it may prevent someone from falling for it.

If it was one of those get rich quick scams and someone fell for it fair enough they were taught a lesson in greed but this is just playing on peoples lack of knowledge that an email can be made to look like its coming from eircom when its not.

Satiro

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

I got this but I chose to ignore it. After I get my 200,000 off of the Spanish lottery which I had apparently forgot doing, I'm gone from this country in a heartbeat.

Yea, I have won the Spanish lottery a good few time already. I should be a mutibillionaire by now.

Frisbee

I for one welcome our new account cancelling overlords

AnonoBoy

People still use eircom email accounts?

Biggins

I get dozens of these a day from a number of my different personal and business email accounts.

I'm not going "O' my gawd... I got a fake email!"

My point of posting this is to warn new users to the net world that the latest round of these emails from a new source has materialised.
9 out of 10 will hopefully kop on but 1 out of ten will fall for it.
I'd rather try to warn than do nothing. Most of us have seen these warnings before but new uses might not have or need a reminder.
So as much as some might dislike this topic repeating - sadly its the lesser of two evils I rather see posted (than a post saying I was stupid to fall for it).

egan007

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Adam

Biggins wrote: »

I get dozens of these a day from a number of my different personal and business email accounts.

I'm not going "O' my gawd... I got a fake email!"

My point of posting this is to warn new users to the net world that the latest round of these emails from a new source has materialised.
9 out of 10 will hopefully kop on but 1 out of ten will fall for it.
I'd rather try to warn than do nothing. Most of us have seen these warnings before but new uses might not have or need a reminder.
So as much as some might dislike this topic repeating - sadly its the lesser of two evils I rather see posted (than a post saying I was stupid to fall for it).

i'd much rather a thread about someone falling for it, it would entertain me somewhat.

people can break the law or be conned in real life, out on the streets.
people can break the law or be conned on the internet

people educate themselves about the world they step out into each day in real life.
......

care to finish that for me?

Karoma

I was like totally shocked and appalled to find out that the boob inspector was not a real Federal Boob Inspector!!!1!
He had a cap!! A CAP DAMNIT!!

Anyways, I just thought I'd warn yiz because I know a lot of you are retarded enough to fall for this.






Biggins: You really shouldn't be getting too many of these emails. If you are: Get a new email address; get picky about where you give it out; get a spam filter.
As for those who would fall for this: **** 'em. They have it coming.

Biggins

Mirror wrote: »

i'd much rather a thread about someone falling for it, it would entertain me somewhat.

people can break the law or be conned in real life, out on the streets.
people can break the law or be conned on the internet

people educate themselves about the world they step out into each day in real life.
......

care to finish that for me?

Aye.

people educate themselves about the world they step out into each day in real life.

...so lets help educate them for the things they miss while life is flashing too fast past them!

Adam

Biggins wrote: »

Aye.

...so lets help educate them for the things they miss while life is flashing too fast past them!

can't. gotta watch porn.

Biggins

Karoma wrote: »

Biggins: You really shouldn't be getting too many of these emails. If you are: Get a new email address; get picky about where you give it out; get a spam filter.
As for those who would fall for this: **** 'em. They have it coming.

Because of my business addresses, I used to get 700+ a day.
Have a spam filter, a few of them actually. Now only the really new ones get through and thats quickly sorted.

I agree some deserve to be fall for this but the moral and right thing to do is at least remind net newbies that these dangers exist.
If after that, they ignore the warnings, they do indeed deserve what they get.

Captain Darling

Mirror wrote: »

i thought we had moved past the "OMFG!!1 i got a spam email!!" times...

Don't die of shock but there are actually people who are new to this site, and its this sort of elitism that prevents them for staying to long or posting at all. Internet snobbery cracks me up.:pac::pac:

Adam

Captain Darling wrote: »

Don't die of shock but there are actually people who are new to this site, and its this sort of elitism that prevents them for staying to long or posting at all. Internet snobbery cracks me up.:pac::pac:

i was talking about the internet as a whole, not this site. now leave me alone n00b.

smellslikeshoes

Mirror wrote: »

then they shouldn't be using it or should do so under supervision if working with any sensitive information.

Be realistic.

Ebonyellie

I Hate that crap, this morning when i opened my email i got 7 from different women in london claiming that they are due to die soon and need my help to access their late husbands trust funds, i have one from the FBI claiming my identity had been stolen and to verify my details, i won 1.5 million from a lottery connected with fedex, not to mention the 300,000 i won from coca cola, i have five new atm cards and the nigerian banks love me a lot.