Bogus Mastermason.com Email
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Topic: Bogus Mastermason.com Email
Posted By: dgresh
Subject: Bogus Mastermason.com Email
Date Posted: October/12/2009 at 9:30am
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Please be advised, a bogus email is circulating that appears as if it was sent by the Systems Administrator at Mastermason.com. THIS IS A FRAUD. Do not click the link included in the message.
The email message is reproduced below.
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Subject: Read carefully - Important User Notification
Attention!
On October 16, 2009 server upgrade will take place. Due to this the system may be offline for approximately half an hour. The changes will concern security, reliability and performance of mail service and the system as a whole. For compatibility of your browsers and mail clients with upgraded server software you should run SSl certificates update procedure.
This procedure is quite simple. All you have to do is just to click the link provided, to save the patch file and then to run it from your computer location. That's all.
[bogus link to an EXE file -- DO NOT CLICK.]
Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter and sorry for possible inconveniences.
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Replies:
Posted By: tm274
Date Posted: October/12/2009 at 6:42pm
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Would it be fair to say, that those who receive this e-mail, are the ones that post their e-mail addresses on-line or list their e-mail in the "Personal particulars"?
If so, it's a good reason not to give it out freely. ------------- Initiated : 23rd April 2002 Passed : 25th June 2002 Raised : 24th Sept 2002 Atheism is a non-prophet organization. 32° Farenheit is certainly not higher than 3° Cel. |
Posted By: dgresh
Date Posted: October/12/2009 at 9:06pm
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tm274, I think it is also likely to reach anyone that is a webmaster for a Mastermason.com web site, or a contact listed on such a web site. In any case, just delete the message and do not click on the link. This is not a legitimate email from Mastermason.com.
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dgresh
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Posted By: dgresh
Date Posted: October/14/2009 at 8:36am
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These imposters are persistent. I just received another bogus email, this time with a different message. (The text of the message is shown below.) Once again, just delete the message and DO NOT click the enclosed link.
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Posted By: dgresh
Date Posted: November/20/2009 at 10:22am
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... and yet another bogus email. See the text below.
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Dear owner of the mailto:dyourname@mastermason.com - yourname@mastermason.com mailbox, You have to change the security mode of your account, from standart to secure. Please change the security mode by using the link below: [DO NOT CLICK the link provided here.]
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... they are persistent. Just delete the message and do not click the link.
dgresh |
Posted By: edwmax
Date Posted: November/20/2009 at 9:06pm
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Can you save the file and send it to me as a zipped file? I would try to look at it with a Hex editor.
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Posted By: dgresh
Date Posted: January/07/2010 at 11:12am
We have yet another bogus email pretending to be from Mastermason.com. The contents of this most recent email are shown below. As with the other attempts, you should simply delete this email -- do not click on the enclosed link.
While the text of the enclosed link indicates mastermason.com, if you hover over it, it is actually from a okqwav.com.pl domain.
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dgresh
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Dear user of the mastermason.com mailing service!
Posted By: dgresh
Date Posted: February/27/2010 at 4:04pm
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And yet another bogus email ...
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Dear use of the mastermason.com mailing service!
We are informing you that because of the security upgrade of the mailing service your mailbox mailto:xxx@mastermason.com - xxx@mastermason.com settings were changed. In order to apply the new set of settings open attached file.
Best regards,
mastermason.com Technical Support
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Just delete, and DO NOT open the attached Zip file.
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dgresh |
Posted By: dgresh
Date Posted: April/26/2010 at 6:05am
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... and another. Just DELETE if you should receive it.
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Dear Customer, This e-mail was send by mastermason.com to notify you that we have temporanly prevented access to your account. We have reasons to beleive that your account may have been accessed by someone else. Please run this file and Follow instructions: (C) mastermason.com |
Posted By: dgresh
Date Posted: May/03/2010 at 6:18am
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They are still phishing ... here's another new one. As before, just DELETE and do not open the attached zip file.
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SMTP and POP3 servers for mailto:mumblefratz@mastermason.com - mumblefratz@mastermason.com mailbox are changed. Please carefully read the attached instructions before updating settings.
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Posted By: dgresh
Date Posted: June/09/2010 at 6:31pm
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The most recent version of this bogus email started arriving yesterday. Like the others, it is not legitimate ... just delete. DO NOT CLICK THE ATTACHED FILE or link.
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Dear Customer,
This e-mail was send by mastermason.com to notify you that we have temporanly [sic] prevented access to your account.
We have reasons to beleive [sic] that your account may have been accessed by someone else.
Please run attached file and Follow instructions.
(C) mastermason.com
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You'd think they could at least use a spell checker.
dgresh
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Posted By: Vladaar
Date Posted: June/10/2010 at 5:07am
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Wow, Thanks for the heads up. ------------- Initiated : 18th May 2010 Passed : 26th July 2010 Raised : 27th Aug 2010 "Evil exists when good men do nothing" Voltaire |
Posted By: dgresh
Date Posted: June/28/2010 at 3:30pm
... and here is the latest rendition of the bogus email. As always, just DELETE and DO NOT click on the enclosed link.
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dgresh |