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Re: ICQ Spam E-Mail
From: Lists <lists () digitaltravel net>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 09:50:05 -0800
this exploit has been around for at least 2 years and the authorities are aware of it. But it seems that an overseas group is behind that and hard to prosecute.
At 08:29 PM 1/15/2003 +0000, you wrote:
Hi All, I just received a spam message in html that had been made to look like it was original sent from ICQ.com asking you to re-enter your username and password to avoid deactivation of your account. Strangely however the link took you to http://www.hackerpowers.com/server.php?username=&password=&userid=5433&type= 3&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.icq.com&missing_fields_redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww .icq.com&RequestType=fakebox&send.x=39&send.y=12 I have reported this to abuse () aol com and abuse () icq com. Although because this e-mail is likely to fool some users into thinking it is legitimate is their anywhere else that this should be reported to. Regards, Justin
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