by Diamond
Wed Apr 24, 2013 12:50 am
Got a strange message recently. No, actually the message itself is quite standard, a usual lottery scam. Rather than being a lucky person, I would be quite unlucky if I fell for their scam. What puzzles me a bit though is a strange disclaimer after the message (which is quite brief). Either it's completely faked, or the sender is related to Hilton somehow (or maybe hacked one of their mail systems, I don't know). Note that the scammer gives her (or his) email as [email protected]. Here is the message:
And here are the headers. They puzzled me even more, as I saw the Hilton domain there several times too. But, at the same time, the reply address in the email itself is a free account on Hotmail. Which makes me think again that they have hacked one of Hilton's mailboxes. Or - I have just thought about it - one of their mailboxes may be infected with some sort of Trojan which sends this message without the mailbox owner knowing it. Such cases are not uncommon, but I may be wrong, of course. So, here's a quiz for professionals. What do you think?
The British Nokia Group has picked you as a lucky person of a lump sum pay out of £750,000.00 Send Your Names:
Location:
Tel: to Email: ([email protected])
__________________________
This transmission is not a digital or electronic signature and cannot be used to form, document, or authenticate a contract. Hilton and its affiliates accept no liability arising in connection with this transmission.Copyright 2013 Hilton Worldwide Proprietary and Confidential
And here are the headers. They puzzled me even more, as I saw the Hilton domain there several times too. But, at the same time, the reply address in the email itself is a free account on Hotmail. Which makes me think again that they have hacked one of Hilton's mailboxes. Or - I have just thought about it - one of their mailboxes may be infected with some sort of Trojan which sends this message without the mailbox owner knowing it. Such cases are not uncommon, but I may be wrong, of course. So, here's a quiz for professionals. What do you think?
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