E-mail: Strange Stuff

[Civrules]

That's the first time something like this has happened, and it is pretty interesting.
On my SBC Yahoo! E-mail account, I got the following message from the management team from that company. This is what it said:
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Title: E-mail Warning
Text: Dear user of Sbcglobal.net e-mail server gateway,

We warn you about some attacks on your e-mail account. Your computer may
contain viruses, in order to keep your computer and e-mail account safe,
please, follow the instructions.

Further details can be obtained from attached file.

The Management,
The Sbcglobal.net team
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…And the attached file to the email was titled "pub_document.zip" and it was 22k.
When I clicked to open it, the email virus scanner said that there was a detected virus and that I can not download it. Here's the actual file's name
"W32.Beagle@mm!zip"

If this is a scam, than it is a great one, considering that the email I got it from was supposedly the management team at management@sbcglobal.net.

So, I don’t know what else to think besides that this was actually a scam, and thankfully, the email virus scanner prevented me from downloading it.

 

[viper275]

I don't use SBC, but I suggest calling them or e-mailing an address you know is valid asking them if they sent this e-mail, and if so, that it had a file that was a virus according to the scanner. I think this is a scam, because a quick google yielded bad results about W32.Beagle@mm!zip. For example, http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.beagle@mm!zip.html and http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_101059.htm

 

[Civrules]

Yep, I emailed them and sent them the info. See what they say about it.

 

[Zakharov]

Never open any e-mail attachments unless you are expecting them, even if they seem okay.

You are lucky this is just a worm. I have heard of people falling for a similar scam involving bank account details.

 

[Civrules]

Never open any e-mail attachments unless you are expecting them, even if they seem okay.

You are lucky this is just a worm. I have heard of people falling for a similar scam involving bank account details.

Yeah, usually I can tell pretty fast if it's scam or not. But this email seemed legitimate because the SBC guys do email people from time to time about this stuff.

 

[MarineCorps]

have heard of people falling for a similar scam involving bank account details.

Nigeria?

 

[gonzo_for_civ]

You could always check the header info, which will tell you where the e-mail came from. While you could fake any e-mail address you wanted, you can't send an e-mail through SBC's servers without access to them.

 

[Chieftess]

CivRules - you actually opened the thing? I delete those emails on contact.

 

[Civrules]

CivRules - you actually opened the thing? I delete those emails on contact.

Well, like I said, SBC people do send emails from time to time and this came as no surprise.
Even after I tried to open the file (and wasn't allowed to download it) I checked the comp to see if it was clean, and it was.

 

[ummmm........]

I get more of these types of bogus emails at my Yahoo! account than any other.