Business Website Owners - New spam going around.

[Rob73]

Starting to get some new spam action to a couple of my sites. A phish mail that claims to be the BBB. A simple mouse over their points to an IP address. Spammers must be getting lazy can't even make a decent fake link anymore. Be warned.

The mail looks like :

 

[hewunch]

Thanks.

 

[mikeschurer]

I recieved this as well. Is someone harvesting contact details from this forum?

Mike the Pipe from Chilly Pangbourne by the Thames

 

[Rob73]

No, harvesting bots use google or yahoo and use advanced search operators to find business sites. Then they run a secondary script to harvest emails & contact forums.

I recieved this as well. Is someone harvesting contact details from this forum?

Mike the Pipe from Chilly Pangbourne by the Thames

 

[ronin2024]

Man these spammers make it harder to make money honestly.