Off Topic Question about e-mail

August 16, 2003 4:55 PM from

Does anybody know a site I would contact if I receive a e-mail I need to be confirmed if it's a real e-mail. Or if it's a way to capture people's info? I searched the site and everything for a contact e-mail and see if it's the real site. It looks real but I don't have a account with these people. They just have a phone number or snail mail. But I want to contact them by e-mail or find out if it's a scam. Any ideas out there?

Thanks.

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Reply #1 August 16, 2003 5:00 PM from

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If I understand the question, that would all depend on the circumstances of the site you are on and its legitamacy. Like, if ebay.com sends me an email to confirm my email, I would think it's ok and they need to confirm it for security reasons. If adultxxxfreespam.com does that, I would think its a scam. If you DON'T have an account with those people, how would they get your info anyway?

If my post makes no sense, just ignore it.

Reply #2 August 16, 2003 5:04 PM from

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Is it one of the many paypal, ebay and even bank scam emails that are going around the net? Best thing to do is to directly contact the outfit the email seems to be from and check. (If it's an email like I noted.)

Hard to advise without more info about the nature of the email. Unless you're just looking for a place that tells you where the email really came from, like spamcop for example. And some other antispam sites may help you decipher the headers if that's all you're looking for.

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Reply #3 August 16, 2003 5:06 PM from

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Weaksid, if you've been sent an email requesting information by someone claiming you need to update your info or such, ignore it unless there is contact information in the email.

seriously...

If you have the email return address post it and I will do a trace route to see what information comes up for contact information as the registering contact.

[email protected] (com, net, etc)

Reply #4 August 16, 2003 5:09 PM from

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It's a citibank e-mail and I don't have a account with them. -->

From: Citibank

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Reply #5 August 16, 2003 5:11 PM from

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From: Citibank [add to address book] [protect or block sender]
Subject: Your Checking Account at Citibank.
To: my e-mail
Reply To: Iwona_Ind@ mail.com

Reply #6 August 16, 2003 5:12 PM from

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hmm, it still didn't work. But the From is the same as the reply to.

Reply #7 August 16, 2003 5:14 PM from

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Additional info that I took from the source of the mail

Received: from rr.com ([24.211.246.102]) by mailcity. com; Sat, 16 Aug 2003 21:30:08 -0000
X-Envelope-Sender: Iwona_Ind@ mail .com
Received: from cpe-024-211-246-102.ec.rr.com (cpe-024-211-246-102.ec.rr.com [24.211.246.102])by rr. com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id impdn67256for weaksid@ lycos.com; Sat, 16 Aug 2003 20:35:56 -0400 (EST)
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 20:35:54 -0400 (EST)
From: Citibank Iwona_Ind@ mail.com [add to address book] [protect or block sender]
X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.61) Personal
Reply-To: Iwona_Ind@ mail.com
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
Message-Id: 663358779.32258085594663@ mail.com
To: [email protected]
Subject: Your Checking Account at Citibank.
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------20858431981"

I hope this all shows and sorry for the many posts.

[Message Edited]

Reply #8 August 16, 2003 5:16 PM from

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its bogus....

Reply #9 August 16, 2003 5:17 PM from

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Weaksid: see here for another Citibank email incident and how to report it, it's a scam: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,7699933~root=security,1~mode=flat

Reply #10 August 16, 2003 5:23 PM from

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Hey, thanks very much sig101..

I saw in the header it was created with "The Bat". I came across that program before when I was in my search for hacking info. It's a program that you can make your e-mail address anything you want. Like your friend's or company. I just wanted to make sure of how I would go about with this.

I attempted to find the e-mail address for citibank and I couldn't.

I'll read that whole thread on that site you gave me.

Thanks again.

Reply #11 August 16, 2003 5:31 PM from

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oops, forgot to add contact info... /me multitasking

yes contact them and they will hammer em, also send your ISP and email to Abuse@yourisp.(com,net,etc) with that header information from the email in it...

get them from two sides

Reply #12 August 16, 2003 5:34 PM from

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Well the poster links to an aol.com address to report Citibank fraud to the bank, but that struck me as peculiar. I'd go to the bank's website or at least report it to the FBI and Secret Service (Dept of the Treasury). Both their sites have info on reporting internet fraud.

Reply #13 August 16, 2003 5:41 PM from

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Yea, I saw that aol address too.

Reply #14 August 16, 2003 5:58 PM from

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The Citibank scam has been noted on snopes.com---a good site with info on urban myths and internet scams: http://snopes.com/inboxer/scams/citibank.asp

Reply #15 August 16, 2003 6:13 PM from

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Ok, so they are highly aware of this e-mail already. And it comes from China.. go figure.

Reply #16 August 19, 2003 9:02 AM from

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The Article that I got from Cnet -> http://news.com.com/2100-1017_3-5065394.html

Reply #17 August 19, 2003 9:06 AM from

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China did this?

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