Beware email scams!

Fish (Admin) · **Posted:** Mon Apr 05, 2010 1:29 pm

Please be cautious when opening shady emails such as this one that I received earlier today:

Bad scammer wrote:

Dear Customer,

This e-mail was send by lynxmotion.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 click on the following link (or copy & paste it into your web browser):

[Link deleted. Was a link to a .exe file.]

(C) lynxmotion.com

Want some easy ways to tell that it was not sent from us? Ok:

1. Check the "from" address. If it doesn't say something@lynxmotion.com, then it was not from us.
2. If the email asks for your account username/password, or other sensitive information (social security number, credit card numbers, etc) then it was not sent from us. We will NEVER ask for this information.
3a. If there are links in the email, they will 95% of the time be to either Lynxmotion.com or Lynxmotion.net. We will sometimes link to off-site things if needed, but only in response to a question that had been asked, NEVER in a first-contact email.
3b. Be wary of links that directly go to .exe files. Again, if we do link directly to an exe file, it will only be in response to a question that had been asked, NEVER in a first-contact email.

SN96 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 06, 2010 3:01 pm

Great tips and thanks for the warning.

I always look at the "To" address when something seems strange. And the links, I usually mouse over the link without clicking on it to see what address it is. It shows the entire path of the link in the status bar located at the very bottom of the web browser.

Snailkeeper (Admin) · **Posted:** Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:44 pm

There's a new scam email out there:

Bad Scammer wrote:

New secret questions were added to your lynxmotion.com account.

To ensure that your account information remains accurate and secure we notify you whenever this information changes.

This change request was made on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:14:03 +0500

If the changes described above are accurate, no further action is needed. If anything doesn't look right, follow the link below to
make changes:

[link deleted]

Regards,
lynxmotion.com Account Services
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Please do not reply to this message. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.

Be careful with emails like this! Before clicking on any links, make sure you check WHERE the link is pointing!

Fish (Admin) · **Posted:** Tue Jun 29, 2010 9:19 am

Found three more:

Bad Scammer wrote:

This message was created automatically by mail delivery software (TMDA).

To release your message for delivery, please click on the following link and confirm message

[link deleted]

This confirmation verifies that your message is legitimate and not
junk-mail. You should only have to confirm your address once.

If you do not respond to this confirmation request within 14 days,
your message will not be delivered.

Regards,
lynxmotion.com Account Services

Other Bad Scammer wrote:

REFERENCE: Your Email to .

You recently sent email to a mailbox that requires authentication of the sender to reduce spam. Before your message can be delivered you must confirm that you are the sender by clicking on the link below and then clicking on the "Deliver" button that will be displayed. Once you have completed this step, no further authorization will be required for future emails that you send to this address.

Please confirm your email by visiting the URL [Deleted]

Thank you for your cooperation in helping us to fight spam.

Regards,
lynxmotion.com Account Services
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Worse Scammer wrote:

Hello, support@lynxmotion.com.

Thank you for signing up for a lynxmotion.com. Please follow the instructions below to confirm that you signed up for this account, or to cancel the account if you did not sign up.

CONFIRM ACCOUNT
To help prevent unauthorized account creation, we need you to confirm your e-mail address. We will use this e-mail address to send you important messages about your account. Also, some lynxmotion.com sites and services may require a confirmed e-mail address.

Please confirm your email by visiting the URL [Deleted]

CANCEL ACCOUNT

If you didn't sign up for the account with this e-mail address and want to cancel the account, select and copy the following link. Open a browser and paste the link in the address bar. Press Enter or Return on your keyboard and follow the instructions that display.

Cancel your email by visiting the URL [Twice]

Thank you,

lynxmotion.com Customer Support

Careful out there folks... There be scammers about... :shock:

Fish (Admin) · **Posted:** Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:51 pm

Four in one day? It must be Spamday or something. :shock:

Spammer wrote:

Hello, sales@lynxmotion.com.

Please reply to this email message to confirm your subscription to lynxmotion.com.

Your email address has been entered for a subscription to the lynxmotion.com mailing list. However, your new subscription requires a confirmation that you received this email message and want to join this mailing list.

To confirm that you do want to join click here[Link deleted]

To unsubscribe immediately click here[Link deleted]

Thank you,

Lynxmotion Tech Support

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