Monday, June 21, 2010

Amazon phishing emails.

Phishing emails pretenting to come from Amazon.com are presently flooding into the mail box. However, the links do not go out to Amazon, but to townknow.com. Further, if you look at the numbers, they do not add up. Of the more than 10 emails I got, each had a different amounts for ordering. The number are just made up randomly.

Here is an example:

Thanks for your order, xxxxx

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Order Information:

E-mail Address: ?xxxx

Order Grand Total:?$ 57.99
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Order Summary:
Details:
Order #: D93-0103230-8760417 Subtotal of items:? $ 41.99 ? ------ Total before tax:? $ 25.99 Sales Tax:? $ 0.00 ? ------ Total for this Order:? $ 52.99

The following item was ordered:
Click here and see items, Price: $ 82.99
By: Click here
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
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The charge for this order will appear on your credit card statement from the merchant 'AMZN Payment Services.'

You can review your orders in Your Account. If you've explored the links on that page but still have a question, please visit our online Help Department.

Please note: This e-mail was sent from a notification-only address that cannot accept incoming e-mail. Please do not reply to this message.

Thanks again for shopping with us.

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In another example the total order was 74.99, with a total of 0.99. What rubbish. Don't click on this.


Order Grand Total:?$ 74.99
.....

Total for this Order:? $ 00.99

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