Who do you report this crap to??

Factual Questions
1

I just received this e-mail, it also contained a few boxes to enter my credit card #. If some idiot was going to try and get a credit card # wouldn’t they find a better scheme that actually made sense, I can’t even understand what the heck they are talking about. BTW its also contains an attached file, which I have absolutely no intention of opening. Good idea?

So, who do you report this kind of blatant crap to, I mean someone that would actually care, or is this from overseas (I’m guessing, due to the wonderful mastery of the english language) and there is nothing that can be done?

2

Good luck. But if you want to try, start with the originating IP address in the header. Using a Whois should get you the ISP of the offending user, and you can try reporting this to them.

3

It’s been reported on Snopes, BTW, so at least a few people will see it and realize it’s fake from that.

They claim it appears to be another “joe job”, which seems possible to me.

4

What’s a “joe job”, Una? That’s a new one on me.

5

It was a new one on me until tonight. I just liked using the neat new word so I looked smarter than I am. :slight_smile:

Apparently, a “joe job” is just a term for a way of making spam look like it comes from someone else. Old trick, new name.

From: http://www.techtv.com/news/culture/story/0,24195,3415219,00.html

6

Ahhhhh…I’ve been calling it “spoofing”. Thanks, Una.

7

Ebay calls is spoofing. :slight_smile: