This morning at work we received a message in our email supposedly confirming our purchase of a domain name and hosting for a total of $79.85.
This email is a scam designed to infect PCs with a Trojan program (which can then be used to take control of a PC or to intercept confidential information).
The Trojan can either be delivered as part of the email (it's a HTML email and sometimes contains the code designed to remotely load files onto the PC) or can be delivered when you click on the link to the site it purports to be from (these sites are often hijacked to add in the same code as above). The email we received claimed to be from tekriter.com (link now safe), a website which had be compromised, but other emails have other links and some have false links which direct you to a different site.
Code Fish Spam Watch has a good page on this scam and a different version of the email is reproduced on Net-Integration Forums.
Te email is reproduced in full below for anyone searching for it's text....
Dear friend,
Thank you for your purchase!
This message is to inform you that your order has been received
and will be processed shortly.
Your account is being processed for $79.85, for a 3 month term.
You will receive an account setup confirmation within the next
24 hours with instructions on how to access your account.
If you have any questions regarding this invoice,
please feel free to contact us at tekriter.com.
We appreciate your business and look forward to a great relationship!
Thank You,
The Tekriter.com Team
ORDER SUMMARY
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Web Hosting............. $29.85
Setup................... $30.00
Domain Registration..... $20.00
Sales Date.............. 08/04/2004
Domain.................. nashshanklin.com
Total Price............. $79.85
Card Type............... Visa
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