An
Email with the Subject "your VISA card 4XXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX: possible fraudulent transaction #72105850" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:15:11 -0700
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as VISA <security@onlineupdate.com>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in
this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be
added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
This a (redacted) view of the raw email headers of this scam email.
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has been suppressed, but can be
supplied as received to appropriate investigating or law enforcement agencies on request.
EEEEEstdClass Object
(
[return-path:] =>
[envelope-to:] => cj@scamdex.com
[delivery-date:] => Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:15:11 -0700
[received:] => Array
(
[0] => from yatagai.jp ([202.147.63.69]:34003 helo=prosv5.tok2.com)by lester.newsblaze.com with smtp (Exim 4.77)(envelope-from )id 1SpGQQ-0003jS-Itfor cj@scamdex.com; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:15:11 -0700
[1] => (qmail 12402 invoked by uid 910); 12 Jul 2012 19:15:22 +0900
[2] => from unknown (HELO onlineupdate.com) (webmaster@74.120.43.171) by prosv5.tok2.com with SMTP; 12 Jul 2012 19:15:22 +0900
)
[from:] => VISA
[to:] => cj@scamdex.com
[subject:] => your VISA card 4XXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX: possible fraudulent transaction #72105850
[date:] => 12 Jul 2012 06:11:37 -0400
[message-id:] => <20120712061137.F22AEBDCA93A8119@onlineupdate.com>
[mime-version:] => 1.0
[content-type:] => text/html;charset="iso-8859-1"
[content-transfer-encoding:] => quoted-printable
[x-spam-subject:] => ***SPAM*** your VISA card 4XXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX: possible fraudulent transaction #72105850
[x-spam-status:] => Yes, score=4.5
[x-spam-score:] => 45
[x-spam-bar:] => ++++
[x-spam-report:] => Spam detection software, running on the system "lester.newsblaze.com", hasidentified this incoming email as possible spam. The original messagehas been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or labelsimilar future email. If you have any questions, seethe administrator of that system for details.Content preview: Dear VISA cardholder, A recent review of your transaction history determined that your card was used at an ATM located in Russia, but for security reasons the requested transaction was refused. You need to complete the VISA Cardholder Form. You can do this by clicking the link below: [...] Content analysis details: (4.5 points, 4.0 required) pts rule name description---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 1.6 RCVD_IN_BRBL_LASTEXT RBL: RCVD_IN_BRBL_LASTEXT [202.147.63.69 listed in bb.barracudacentral.org] 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message 1.8 HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_08 BODY: HTML: images with 400-800 bytes of words 1.1 MIME_HTML_ONLY BODY: Message only has text/html MIME parts 0.0 MIME_QP_LONG_LINE RAW: Quoted-printable line longer than 76 chars
[x-spam-flag:] => YES
)
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A recent review of your transaction history determined that
your card was used at an ATM located in Russia, but for security
reasons the requested transaction was refused. You need to
complete the VISA Cardholder Form. You can do this by
clicking the link below:
A recent review of your transaction history determined that
your card was used at an ATM located in Russia, but for security
reasons the requested transaction was refused. You need to
complete the VISA Cardholder Form. You can do this by
clicking the link below:
