Phishing Emails- 100NP$ for *Each* Unique 1st Come-!st Served

[Grrilla]

Contest has ended, for now. I have a good batch of Phishing emails to get my project kicked off.
Big TX to all who participated!

I just received another phishing email this morning- this one was a bogus inquiry from "eBay" which began w/ a very unprofessional, "We are writing you today to let you know...". (At least the writing styles found in most phishing email hasn't caught up w/ the technical ingenuity, yet).
This prompted me to register a new name today- one that I have thought about for awhile: PhishEyes.com (PhishEye.com already regged, but I don't see too much of a drop off w/ using choice #2, and am happy w/ it).

So, I'm fishing around, (PTP), to see if those of you who have received phishing emails, would be willing to forward, via email, an html copy of of your phishing email(s), along w/ the source/header info to help me kick start the site. Send what you are comfortably secure w/ relative to your info. All participants email addresses will be kept private and deleted from my data base before placing the entry online.

As a reward, I am offering 100NP$ for *every* new, unique example that is sent to me from an NP member. If 2 or more of the same email is recieved, than the sender w/ earliest email time stamp, gets the NP$ donation. Additionally, the sender, at his/her discretion, will be credited, on the site, for contributing the email. The default be no credit, so if you want to be listed as contributer, indicate this in your email. Currently, NP$ donation limit is 100NP$ each for the 1st 50 unique phishing emails. I will post a running list of phishing emails received, to keep the contest straight and open.
Initially, please send emails to my httpaddress.com email address: names@http[remove]address.com. I will update the email address, shortly, and post a new, PhishEyes.com email address.

Instructions:
1) Forward entire email, or send html copy w/ header info as html attachment to: names@http[remove]address.com
2)Enter "PhishEyes Contest" in subject line
3)Receive 100NP$ donation for each unique phishing email in 24hrs or less.

Note: To keep everything up front and open, I will archive all emails received, including duplicates, and create a link to enable all active participants the oppurtunity to see the order in which emails were sent and received.

TXIA for your support.

 

[dgridley]

That could get expensive for ya.. just from the Nigeria scams alone, lol... good luck with the project!

 

[yandig]

I sent one to you

 

[Grrilla]

To reiterate and clarify:
1st 50 received
Unique sender and content
Although I envision the site to act as a service for the uninformed, I don't expect people to help me w/ my initial little DB for free, and am happy be making the donations. :tri: At least I think I am... :hehe:

 

[yandig]

Did I do something wrong? I read through your post, so let me know if I didn't understand something.

 

[Grrilla]

Oops. Better define Phishing. This is from Weboepedia:

Phishing
(fish´ing) (n.) The act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft. The e-mail directs the user to visit a Web site where they are asked to update personal information, such as passwords and credit card, social security, and bank account numbers, that the legitimate organization already has. The Web site, however, is bogus and set up only to steal the user’s information. For example, 2003 saw the proliferation of a phishing scam in which users received e-mails supposedly from eBay claiming that the user’s account was about to be suspended unless he clicked on the provided link and updated the credit card information that the genuine eBay already had. Because it is relatively simple to make a Web site look like a legitimate organizations site by mimicking the HTML code, the scam counted on people being tricked into thinking they were actually being contacted by eBay and were subsequently going to eBay’s site to update their account information. By spamming large groups of people, the “phisher” counted on the e-mail being read by a percentage of people who actually had listed credit card numbers with eBay legitimately.

Phishing emails specifically are emails that 1)use html to duplicate the look of a legitimate site ie logo, header, graphics etc and 2) provide a link to a look-alike site page or site to extract info fraudulently from the email recipient.
I am looking for the actual fake HTML coded email to show examples of present phishing emails that are making the rounds -Not- email scams in general. If this is unclear and/or I have made a mistake in my definition, please correct me.

 

[ashaw]

here is a paypal one...

Account System Cleanup

IMPORTANT
Dear PayPal Member,
Due to overwhelming reports of fraudulent transactions and account abuse, PayPal now requires all active members who have an account to verify that they rightfully own it.

You must click the link below and enter your email, password and reference code on the following page to verify your account.

This is NOT a SCAM or HOAX. Please check your address bar to make sure you are on the authentic PayPal website.


https://www.paypal.com/accountcleanup/

Your reference code is : Pxx-2xxx-5x3x

You will be guided through a series of steps which will require you to enter personal information, such as credit card number and/or bank details.

ALL accounts not re-verified within 5 days of receiving this email will be automatically frozen.

PayPal is doing this to protect it's valued members from fraud and scams. Paypal will not share your personal information with other companies and corporations. Privacy Policy

Thank you for your co-operation,
PayPal



Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered. Due to security reasons your name and personal information cannot be mentioned in this email.

To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, update your preferences here.

 

[dgridley]

Gotcha, Grrilla... thanks for the clarification. It'll no doubt make things easier for you too..

 

[ashaw]

Protect Your Account Info
A genuine PayPal link will always begins with "http://www.paypal.com"

Remember to check your browser's Address/URL Bar to be sure you are on an authentic PayPal site."

Paypal will never ask for sensitive information. PayPal sites that ask for Passport information, Driver's licence details are definitely scams.

For more information on protecting yourself from fraud, please visit the Security Center.


Protect Your Password
You should never give your PayPal password to anyone, including PayPal employees.

They say that the link should always start with http://
But the link they gave in the main email starts with https://

 

[Grrilla]

Great Scott. Did you forward the email?
I've got to go out now, but will be back in a few hours, will go through email, and will make NP$ donations tonight.
C4N
Grrilla

 

[ashaw]

scott? haha

Do you want me to forward it?

woops... i guess you wernt talking to me

 

[domain.addict]

I'm a little confused about where to forward? What e-mail address?

 

[ashaw]

send it to:
n a m e s @ h t t p a d d r e s s . c o m

No spaces ofcourse.
He added the [remove] key so that spamming bots dont pick up his email address

 

[zaros64]

oh dang...
I just deleted like 5 of them...
thats $500 np out the window

 

[Fewski]

I sent about 4 of them. Thanks.

 

[domain.addict]

Thanks domainsell. I sent about 4-5 as well from the e-mail address: d 2 i t e m s s h o p @ y a h o o. c o m.

Darn forgot to make a subject.

 

[MissFlora]

Lol, Interesting contest, Grrilla. Unfortunately, I have deleted all of mine. Guess gotta wait for more "scams" eh. Hahaha..

Flora.

 

[Veolus]

someone please send me a phising email

hehe.. jokes.. :D

 

[armstrong]

Sent you one. Had to dig thru my junk folder (thunderbird is quite good at catching these things). Interesting contest! :tu:

 

[Veolus]

yeah.. interesting

*starts making up a fake phishing mail*

:D