Anyone Else Getting Spam Like This from @individual.co.uk

khalid · 14-10-2010, 12:34:27 PM

Getting HMRC spam e-mails from @individual.co.uk address.

See example below, anyone else getting this?

deliajen · 14-10-2010, 12:42:25 PM

Khalid have you been hiding money in offshore accounts again....

smells like spam,if they need to contact you they will send it via royal mail or by person if more important....don't lose sleep

i get these about three times a week...honestly

khalid · 14-10-2010, 12:44:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deliajen

Khalid have you been hiding money in offshore accounts again....

smells like spam,if they need to contact you they will send it via royal mail or by person if more important....don't lose sleep

i get these about three times a week...honestly

haha no offshore accounts promise, if i did i wouldn't be highlighting these emails!

more pissed it came from a generic domain and uk company

gregfindley · 14-10-2010, 01:02:01 PM

Hi Khalid,

I got a few of these this morning, was also surprised to see the domain they were being sent from! Have previously received them but from random e-mail addresses.

retired_member13 · 14-10-2010, 01:07:38 PM

My guess is that the "reply to" address is faked, and it's easy enough to do.

I get a lot of spammy out-of-office auto replies when people send spam using email addresses on my domains as the sender (although I only see it if the domains in question are set up for email, so it's probably a lot more common that anyone realises).

gregfindley · 14-10-2010, 01:13:12 PM

Is there a way to check that with the e-mail header/properties...

Quote:

Received: from User [70.182.9.94] by mail.k-koshin.co.jp with ESMTP
(SMTPD-8.22) id AA0C7620; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:06:36 +0900
From: "HM Revenue & Customs"<refund@individual.co.uk>

Edwin · 14-10-2010, 05:26:57 PM

This should be a huge clue... mail.k-koshin.co.jp

The real HM Revenue are hardly likely to be mailing out of a Japanese company!

14-10-2010, 12:34:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
khalid Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 708 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 11)	Anyone Else Getting Spam Like This from @individual.co.uk Getting HMRC spam e-mails from @individual.co.uk address. See example below, anyone else getting this? __________________ Khalid \| Edinburgh Taxi \| Glasgow Taxi \| Finance Backlinks \| Double Glazing \| Factual Finance

14-10-2010, 12:42:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
deliajen Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: loughborough,leicestershire Posts: 1,849 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (94% / 15)	Khalid have you been hiding money in offshore accounts again.... smells like spam,if they need to contact you they will send it via royal mail or by person if more important....don't lose sleep i get these about three times a week...honestly __________________ PizzaVouchers \| Pendant

14-10-2010, 01:02:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
gregfindley Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 486 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 25)	Hi Khalid, I got a few of these this morning, was also surprised to see the domain they were being sent from! Have previously received them but from random e-mail addresses. __________________ CVtemplate.org.uk � on DL auction with no reserve � 165k local exacts

14-10-2010, 01:07:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
retired_member13 Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,323 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 36)	My guess is that the "reply to" address is faked, and it's easy enough to do. I get a lot of spammy out-of-office auto replies when people send spam using email addresses on my domains as the sender (although I only see it if the domains in question are set up for email, so it's probably a lot more common that anyone realises). Last edited by retired_member13; 14-10-2010 at 01:15:47 PM.

14-10-2010, 05:26:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
Edwin Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 4,165 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 46)	This should be a huge clue... mail.k-koshin.co.jp The real HM Revenue are hardly likely to be mailing out of a Japanese company! __________________ Memorable Domains Ltd - Over 7,000 descriptive, generic .co.uk domains for sale Please note: All sale prices over a week old are automatically invalid. No exceptions. Thanks!

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