RE: Bogus Email- Need help to do detective work

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jim tate wrote:
> I have been recieveing Bogus email's to sign onto to my bank account, so
> someone can get my userid and password.

So have I. Plus include bogus e-mails claiming to be AMEX, Home Depot,
PayPal, etc...

> My Bank say's these are bogus email's and not to respond to them.

Listen to them. They are correct.

> I have been recieveing them in Mozilla mail.

Shouldn't matter what MUA you are using.

> How can I tell where these email will return to , should I reply or
> respond to info requested.

I wouldn't reply. It's probably forged anyway.

> There has got to be a way to back track.

Check the e-mail headers and find the open relay that sent these e-mails.
Then report this open relay to the ISP that owns the netblock. Good luck! A
lot of these so called open relay IP addresses are the "throw away" variety.
Used only once.

Also, check the html code of the e-mail. Most reference images from your
bank's website, but contain a redirect to some web server that actually
captures your information. Again, try to report this website to the owning
ISP.

> I hope I can get the linux community help me to track down
> the low life crooks.

It's easy to track down and report where these e-mails came from. The hard
part is getting the owning ISP to do anything about it. ISP's probably
receive hundreds (if not thousands) of these complaints a day.

BTW: I phoned up my grandmother and educated her on this new breed of spam
(identity theft).

Steve Cowles



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