The Lilly Hill Scam

Here is another attempt to infect your computer with malware. The e-mail came with an attached .zip file claiming to be my invoices. When opened it most likely contains malware. If this was a real e-mail, you can rest assured the company that thinks I owe them money would have the company name, info, and why I am supposed to owe them money as well as contact info clearly visible in the e-mail. Why? Because real companies know that most people won't open attachments from people they do not know.

And that is the Tip of the Day:

• If you don't know who sent you an attachment, don't open it.

Scam e-mail Below:

Please find attached your invoices for the past months. Remit the payment by 02/04/2013 as outlines under our "Payment Terms" agreement.

Thank you for your business,

Sincerely,
Lilly Hill

This e-mail has been sent from an automated system. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY.

The information contained in this message may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify your representative immediately and delete this message from your computer. Thank you.

Bank of America Scam

This scam is tricky. It claims that a large sum of money has been deposited into my Bank of America account. The receipt is attached, and if there is any error, I should contact them. I would say there is a 99.999% chance that the attachment contains malware. Why would I think that? 

1. I do not have an account with Bank of America.

2. If I check the return address on the e-mail (which is labeled "Bank of America" the actual adress is miniaturesck34@gmail.com).

If you get an e-mail like this, don't open the attachment. call your bank (if you have a BofA account).

Scam e-mail Below:

Transaction is completed. $9142 has been successfully transferred.
If the transaction was made by mistake please contact our customer service.
Receipt on payment is attached.

*** This is an automatically generated email, please do not reply ***
Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender Opens in new window
© 2013 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved

Another DHL Scam

So this came in the mail today with an attachment (that I am pretty sure has malware on it). I really appreciate the threat at the bottom about charging me $8.26 per day if I do not claim it. That would be illegal. The email looks very nice, and has all sorts of links that will probably take you to fake sites that ask for credit card numbers or other things they can use to steal your identity. I've attached a screenshot.


Scam e-mail Below:

DHL notification

Our company’s courier couldn’t make the delivery of parcel.

REASON: Postal code contains an error.
LOCATION OF YOUR PARCEL: New York
DELIVERY STATUS: sort order
SERVICE: One-day Shipping
NUMBER OF YOUR PARCEL: ETBAKPRSU3
FEATURES: No

Label is enclosed to the letter.
Print a label and show it at your post office.

An additional information:

If the parcel isn’t received within 15 working days our company will have the right to claim compensation from you for it’s keeping in the amount of $8.26 for each day of keeping of it.

You can find the information about the procedure and conditions of parcels keeping in the nearest office.

Thank you for using our services.
DHL Global

A Chinese Scam?

I'm not really sure if this is a scam, or if people in China haven't quite figured out e-mail marketing. Either way, I've been getting dozens of these emails recently, so I decided to share.

Suspect e-mail below:

贵公司你好： 本公司可代开全国各大城市部分的普通发票，
如：商品销售. 广告.服务.建筑安装等等发票，
税率按(0.3-1%)%计算，可先开票给贵公司验证后付款，
贵司如有需要。详细请来电洽谈。
代理人：李嘉玲
联系电话： 13622386616
联系Q Q：876754824
如有打搅，请见谅！谢谢！

Using Google Translate, this comes out to:


Company Hello: the Company on behalf of ordinary invoice open in major cities nationwide part
: Merchandise sales advertising. Services construction and installation invoices
The tax rate (0.3-1%), can be billed to your company verified payment
Your company if necessary. For details, please call to discuss.
Agent: Li Jialing
Tel: 13622386616
Contact Q Q: 876 754 824
If disturbed, and please forgive me! Thank you!

If you search the number on google, it seems this is a scam of some sort.