CIMB Clicks Account Alert - Scam Email

Last few days, I received two scam emails which were trying to phishing my CIMB account and password.

The reason why I am 100% sure that these are scam emails is because I did not have CIMB Click account. What a silly scammer. In addition, for those have received this kind of email, please simply move your "mouse pointer" to the re-direct link in the email, you will find out that you will be redirected to other website (phishing website) instead of the real (official) CIMB Clicks website, that is, http://www.nifterick.com/pf/cimbclicks/Login.html instead of the real website of http://www.cimbclicks.com.my/.

The main reason for me to highlight these emails in my blog is due to the fact that the email address of sender is too real, that is security.alert@cimb.com.my  and clicks@cimb.com.my. Therefore, it is necessary to point it out and share it with my visitors so that anyone can get rid of this scam email. 

The content of these scam emails are copied and pasted as follows:

Three Scam and Phishing Emails - Important Alert from Maybank ?

Recently, I receive few scam emails which were trying to phishing my Maybank account password, I guess. Based on the rule of thumb which I mention before (i.e. 8 ways to identify spam email), we can identify this kind of scam or phishing email in seconds. The details of these three phishing emails I received are stated as follows:

First Scam Details:
Subject: - URGENT ! Attention Required -
From: Maybank2u.com mbb-berhad3@freenet.de>

Redirect URL: http://connectmbbi01.addr.com/a3.htm


Second Scam Details:
Subject: 1 Alert Message "[URGENT]"
From:     Maybank2u.com @freenet.de>
Redirect URL: http://mmbnewm2u.addr.com/tac4.htm


Third Scam Details:
Subject: Important Alert for M2U Customers
Important Alert from Maybank :
From: Maybank2u.com @freenet.de>
Redirect URL: http://cvbupdate-m2u.addr.com/4.htm

Their contents are the same as follows

Yahoo! MyBlogLog to be discontinued - A Scam Email

This is a scam email. Why? Let me quickly summarize what I have observed in this scam email that indicate it is a scam email.

1. Email did not have the Yahoo! official logo

2. Source of this email is not convincing!!
From: Yahoo! "one.yahoo-email.com>"

3. The link redirect you to other web page, that is,  "http://yahoo-email.com/a/hBNZmRnBs19FXB8XEGCNshZL4WB/mybloglog7" instead of what is shown "https://billing.yahoo.com", and "http://yahoo-email.com/a/hBNZmRnBs19FXB8XEGCNshZL4WB/mybloglog2" instead of the real help page of Yahoo!.

Yahoo Alert : Warning!Verify Your Account !! (VX2G99AAJ) - Scam Email

This is definitely a scam email. Why? Yahoo! or any providers never send such thing to require their users to send password or personal details for verification. Other methods to justify a scam email can be found in my previous posts in this blog. (You can also simply click the label of Scam Email to check my previous explanation about this matter)

The content of this scam email is stated below: Guess what, your account will be interrupted if you try to reply this kind of scam email. The rule of thumb is to drop an official email to the providers directly if you really afraid that this kind of thing is "true". In fact, we can just ignore them because they just like a dust in our room, which need be cleared up everyday. Because you never be surprised that your room has dust, don't you?

Google Warning: Verify Your Information or Account Suspension (Scam)

This is too ridiculous. Haha. I received an stupid scam, obviously. Why? Please read the content of the email as stated below first. 
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From: Gmail (mailboxdata@gmail.com)
Sent: Wed, 5 January, 2011 12:28:38
Subject: Google Warning


Due to anonymous registration of our email service, We have come to realize that your account information on our database system are out of date, as a result of that we require you to verify your Information. Failure to verify your information will result in account suspension.

How Spammer Attacks My Blog: Step by step Explanation

After attacking by spammers several times. I think I should do something to prevent them to contaminate my blog.

Firstly, I have changed my comment setting in such a way that only registered users can drop a comment in blog. It is really very hard for me to make this decision since I love to hearing something from my visitors. However, the thing is I have no free time to "entertain" those spammers.

Next, I will try my best to explain the way to recognize this spammer in this post. The archive of the comments from this spammer is shown below: (which included a comment from me)
(Note: This spammer was normally attacking my blog by using Anonymous account)

Shell Petroleum Development Company of England poverty Alleviation Program

Actually, I am quite tired. It is because everyday "silly people" are trying to give me "money"... Again, a prize of Ј500,000.00 from Shell Petroleum Development Company of England poverty alleviation program
was released to me... But, obviously, this is another scam, spam and phishing email. Why? First of all, let's have a look at the content of this scam email as shown below:

Kindly Acknowledge Receipt of this Email: 3 Steps to Verify a Scam Email

There are three very obvious parts in this email tell us this is a scam email.

1. First of all, the sender's email address is not from so-called Sony Ericsson. Do you believe that Sony Ericsson not afford to buy email address for their employee but got money to give you??

2. The receiver's email address is not specific. In other words, more than one people will receive this kind of email with the same Ticket number: Sony/89bgn002876/2010. How can the company who will obtain the price. All people who show out this so-called ticket number?? Come on, this is not logic and the company will bankrupt soon this email is real.

Important Account Protection From Maybank Group (Phishing Email)

The content of this silly email is shown below. After reading this silly email, I am going to show you why I call it silly email.

" 
From: Maybank Group <customers@verifications.com>
To:

Dear valued customers,

Please be cautious and more aware of your surroundings when you are at the ATM. Do not respond to any attempt by strangers to interrupt your transactions.

Also we need to confirm your online banking protection to keep the validity of your TAC Receivers Phone, We introduce this to ensure the protection of your account and transactions,

Yahoo!! International Lottery Organization!!! Scam Email.

The content of this scam email is shown below:

"
From: Mrs. Akira Itsuki  <lotteryyoffice@yahoo.com.hk>

To: 

YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY RESULTS 2010
CONGRATULATIONS!!!


Yahoo!! International Lottery Organization
Bangkok Branch Office
Address: 109\219 Moon 8, Bang-Khun-Tien Road,
Bangkok 19160 Thailand.

Yahoo! Mail announces you as one of the 25 lucky winners in the ongoing 12 Years Yahoo lottery Award of the New Year Held on 11th the April 2010.

All 25 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually, consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS ( $1, 000. 000.00USD)


This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.
Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our Bangkok representative office in Bangkok Thailand, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of ( $1, 000.000.00USD) will be released to you from this regional branch office in Bangkok Thailand.

Your fund is now deposited with our Bank/Security Company Bangkok Thailand and insured in your name. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed, and your winning Cheque have being sent to you or remitted to your account, as this is part of our security protocol, to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking of advantage of this program by participants, as has happened in the past.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
These are your identification numbers.
Ticket number.....................085-12876077-09
Serial number.......................51390-0
Lucky number...................03-05-12-14-28-38
Ref number...................N.EGS/3662367114/13

To begin your lottery claims, Please contact our Yahoo Lottery Co-ordinator as follows,

Email: yofficelottery@yahoo.com.hk
Name: Joseph Lee
Tel: +(66) 805530803

You are to send the completed verification form below to the co-ordinator whose email address is given above so that you will be advised on what to do to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!!


1. FULL NAME
2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
3. PRESENT ADRESS.
4. DATE OF BIRTH
5. OCCUPATION
6. TELEPHONE NUMBER
7. SEX
8. FAX NUMBER
9. MARITAL STATUS
10. WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 31th of May 2010.Any claim not made by this date will be returned to HER MAJESTYS DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. And also be informed that 10% of your lottery winning belongs to (THE PROMOTIONS COMPANY). Because they are the company that bought your ticket and played the lottery in your name.

Note also that this 10% will be remitted after you have received your winnings prize, because the money is insured in your name already.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with us, Furthermore, should there be any change of address, please do inform our coordinator as soon as possible. Yahoo lottery is a free service that does not require you to be a Yahoo! Registered user.

An original copy of your lucky winning ticket and your deposit certificate will be sent to you by Administrative Remittance Operation Manager of Siam City Bank Bangkok Thailand.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Once again from all members of our staff and thank you for being a part of our International Promotions program.


We wish you continued good fortunes.

Yours Sincerely,

Dr. Donaldson Chou
Vice President
Yahoo! Lotto Org.

Mrs. Akira Itsuki
Online Coordinator .
2010The Yahoo-Thailland Internet Promotions.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines.
"

Harry Potter Foundation.(You have won £1,000.000.00 GBP)

First of all, let's see the content of the email.

"
From: Harry Potter Foundation<info_101@hfoundation.tk>
To:
 
Harry Potter Foundation.
Customer Services Department
83B Geffrye Street
Potters House, Smt 4Ei
UNITED KINGDOM.
E-mail: info_101@hfoundation.tk
Website: www.harrypotter.com
Ref: HPF/9411X/05
Batch: 026/05/WY83.


This Message is to inform you that you have won Ј1,000.000.00 pounds on the ongoing
The Harry Potter Foundation lotto draw & held in England Wale as part of it bailout plans to assist
individuals and companies in this recent Global Economic melt down and your email address has just
been nominated for it (Ј1,000.000.00 Pounds Sterling's).


For processing and collection of your funds, Ј1,000.000.00 GBP (One Million Pounds Sterling).
You are to contact The Human Resource manager { Mr Scotty Moore } and Quote your reward
and identification number stated:{ Batch Number: HPF 09102XN Reff Number: HPF09788 }.
You are to fill out the information below for immediate process and collection of your reward prize.

YOUR WINNING INFORMATION FORM:
Full Name:
Address:
Occupation: 
Country:
Telephone:   
Fax Number:
Sex:         
Age:
NAME OF PROMOTION:.........
Your Qualification Number is: (A-129-199, S-01-06)
-----------------------------------------------------------
Human Resource Manager:
Mr Scotty Moore.
Phone:  (+44)-704-57-17315
            (+44)-702-406-0689
E-mail: scotty-harryfoundations@hotmail.com

Yours truly,
Dr . Robert  Millar
Copyright ©HARRY POTTER FOUNDATION UK. Rights Reserved."

YAHOO!-MICROSOFT FINANCIAL: YOU HAVE WON £1,000,000

The content of this scam email is shown below:

From: Yahoo!  <jim@shamanik.com>
To: info@info.com

"YAHOO!-MICROSOFT FINANCIAL
PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT UK.
REF:MICRO-YAHOO7/315116127/27
BATCH No:15/623/UK.
Registered Lottery No: 220949.


We hereby announce the official notification of the results of the
Yahoo!-Microsoft Financial Promotions held this Month in which your
e-mail address emerged winner.Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number 883734657492-5319 with serial number 7263-267, batch number
8254297137,lottery ref number 7336065782 and drew lucky numbers
14-22-28-37-40-44 which consequently won you the cash prize in the 1st
category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
?1,000,000.00 (i.e One Million United Kingdom Pounds).Please note that
this Promotional Programme tagged "Thanks for contributing to our
financial Sucess" was sponsored and organized by the Yahoo! Microsoft
Corporation in view of the Financial benefits YAHOO! have received from
its numerous customers either through adverts, hosting and personal
emails.



The reason this lottery was organized is to thank the numerous public
including users and non-users of YAHOO! MAIL for the financial benefits
THE YAHOO! MICROSOFT CORPORATION have received as a result of their
Patronage last Year.This Lottery is approved and licensed by the
International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This lottery is the
first of its kind organised by YAHOO! MICROSOFT In view of this, your One
Million United Kingdom Pounds (?1,000,000.00) would be released to you by
the claims office here in UK. The reason this lottery was organized is to
thank the numerous public including users and non-users of YAHOO! MAIL for
the financial benefits THE MICROSOFT-YAHOO! CORPORATION have received as a result of their Patronage last Year.


For processing and remittance of your winnings, Beneficiaries who have
previously received this notification letter are advised to once again
contact their assigned Remittance Director with his new email address
below;


Contact Info:
Mr.Williams Hollen

Yahoo Office

Remittance Director
Yahoo!-Microsoft Promotions Unit.
44 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AL UNITED KINGDOM
Email:liveint@live.co.uk


APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM
(Receipt Official Notification Letter)
FULL NAMES................................
CONTACT ADDRESS......................
COUNTRY....................................
SEX:...........................................
AGE............................................
MARITAL STATUS.........................
OCCUPATION..............................
NATION ALITY.............................
TELEPHONE NUMBER....................
HAVE YOU A PASSPORT OR LICENCE(Proof Of Identity):
BATCH NUMBER. ........................
REFERENCE NUMBER...................


Once Again Thanks For Contributing To Our Financial Success!!!


Yours Sincerely,
Steve Ballmer
Chief Executive Officer
Yahoo!-Microsoft Corporation"

Scam Email: MICROSOFT 36th AWARD NOTIFICATION (2010)

The content of email is shown below:

"Your e-mail address winning details:
B. NO:  MSVC/AWD36/2010
E. NO:  MSVC/AWD36/CLM/1-20

AWARD NOTIFICATION
It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in the 36th edition of official publication of results in the E-mail electronic online Award organized by Microsoft® in conjunction with Visa® Card and confirmed by our co-sponsor Msn® International through their latest internet software.

The online cyber draws was conducted from an exclusive list of over 5,000,000 email addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer selection from the web. (NO TICKETS WERE SOLD).


This promotion was set-up to encourage the active users of the Internet Microsoft Windows. Where in your email address emerged as one of the 20 online Winning emails in the 2nd category and therefore attracted a cash award of 500,000.00 GBP (Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling).

Your prize award has been insured with your email address and will be transferred to you upon meeting the requirement of the promotion award board authority, which includes your statutory obligations.

We write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message for more information concerning the verification, processing and eventual payment of the above prize to you.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.

CONTACT CLAIMS OFFICE:
Microsoft® Visa Card Promotion
Email: msvcoffice82@gala.net
Phone1: +44 702 403 7803
Phone2: +44 702 405 8821

Do e-mail the Claims office at once with all the claims requirements below to avoid unnecessary delay.

PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM:
1. Full Name:
2. Address:
3. Nationality:
4. Date of Birth:
5. Occupation:
6. Sex:
7. Phone:
8. Fax:
9. Your Preferred Mode Of Receiving Your Prize(From Below):

MODE OF PRIZE REMITTANCE:
(1) Cash Pick-Up (You coming Down to United Kingdom Personally to Pick Your Prize).
(2) Courier Delivery Of your Certified Winning Cheque Name and other Winning Documents safely to you.

Microsoft believes in your right to privacy. Your information is 100% secure and protected and will be used exclusively for the purpose of this promotion only.

We will get back to you from the claims office after proper verification for further instructions on your claims process.

Congratulations!

Dr. Elizabeth Robinson,
Coordinator
Microsoft® Visa Card Promotion


Disclaimer: This email and any attachments to it contain information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this email in error, please return it to the sender and delete the email from your records."

Final Warning!: Yahoo! will be shuting down all unused accounts (Scam Email)

From: Yahoo! Mail <verification.database@yahoo.com>

"Dear Valued Member,
We are really sorry for any inconvinience this might cause you. Due to the congestion in all Yahoo! account users, Yahoo! will be shuting down all unused accounts. In order to avoid the deactivation of your account, you will have to confirm your e-mail by filling your Login Info below by clicking the reply button.
Username: .........................................
Password: .........................................
Date Of Birth: .....................................
Occupation: .......................................
Country Of Residence: ........................
After you must have followed the instructions on the sheet, your Yahoo! account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thank you for your usual co-operation. We apologize for any inconvinience.

Regards,
Yahoo! Account Services
------------------------
We are really sorry for any inconvinience this might cause you."

Payment by Mcdonalds Promo House Malaysia: Scam & Spam email

This is to officially inform you that you have been selected for payment by mcdonalds promo house malaysia.

Please find enclosed your payment details. Kindly complete and submit immediately to collect your cash prize!


Congratulations!


Managment.
Mcdonalds Malaysia.
00-601-2656-1229"

Warning: Facebook Password Reset Confirmation NR.81118. Spam. Scam

Again, this is the third scam email which I received within 2 weeks, (Previous post: "Warning: Facebook Password Reset Confirmation! Customer Support. Spam. Scam" and "Warning: Facebook Password Reset Confirmation! Customer Message. Spam. Scam")

8 ways to identify spam email & avoid be cheated(Verify your Account To Avoid Suspension)

Today I have received an email from "Yahoo!" with title "Verify your Account To Avoid Suspension", which required some private information from me. Besides that, they said that if I didn't reply them within 24 hours, my favourite Yahoo! account will be suspended!!! However, after I oversee this email several times, I have successfully verify and justify this email is a spam email, again. Eight ways, which I have used to justify this spam email, are shown below:

1. Firstly, let' check the email box as shown above, the spam email did not have the Yahoo! official logo.