Warning - New scam type email

[gingeman]

This one's a new one:-

(sent from [email protected] accoridng to the email header)

You are welcomed with a command of hackers ZeleniyHach

We hold a huge network of Distributed Denial Of Service Attack, allowing to suspend any web site. We have been watching 3CHARS.com and were able to find out that you have spent pretty money much for its advancement and we want to to offer you to spend a little more yet. Just as little as 200 bucks as a voluntary donation to our fund will keep your web site away from DDOS attack.

200 bucks is not so much also will help you to avoid greater problems in the future.

FOR DULLS..!!! IF YOU DO NOT OFFER TO US 200 bucks WE WILL KILL YOUR WEB SITE!

Unfortunately, we accept only Webmoney Paymer Cheks, so make sure to get your fat asses out and without assistance find out how to transfer money into it. We give you 48 hours. If after 48 hours we will not get 200 dollars, there is one more 0 will be added to 200 bucks, i.e. 2000 bucks and so on until you come to reason.

Stingy pays twice )

When you are ready, just send the check as your response to this message ([email protected]).
In subject matter of the letter specify the domain with greater letters, it is a lot of you We are the one, respect our work.

Respectfully, Top Manager of ZeleniyHach project.

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you'd think if they were that good at hacking they might have mastered the wording of an email...

 

[Caleb Spilchen]

That was horribly unprofessional. The guy sounds like an idiot.

 

[promo]

Got 5 of them as well today..

Generic Email and aimed at parked names only.. Not the sharpest tools in the shed.

 

[.X.]

I wish that fool would come knock on my door, I got something for A-Holes like that.

 

[Arjun]

LOL!

The "Masters of disaster" should first go to primary school and get his grammar right.

 

[ecigs.net]

I'm still getting these everyday. When I change the contact email address, the assault stops for a half hour and then they start spamming the new email address. They are relentless.

 

[promo]

Well.. They took a little break in my case.. But now I am getting around 1000 each day.. I desperately need some spam protection.. Anyone recommend anything for your shared hosting?

Using squirrelmail..

EDIT
Ecigs.net proposed to use filters to clear your inbox in another thread. If you want to do that in Squirrelmail (or other Cpanel hosting mail proggys) you have to setup the filter in the Cpanel mailbox login screen. Or like me discover that your shared server has spamassasin and then activate that

 

[Premiere]

Got 5 of them as well today..

Generic Email and aimed at parked names only.. Not the sharpest tools in the shed.

Same here:

We have been watching ITESLA.COM and were able to find out that you have spent pretty money much for its advancement and we want to to offer you to spend a little more yet. Just as little as 200 bucks as a voluntary donation to our fund will keep your web site away from DDOS attack.

200 bucks is not so much also will help you to avoid greater problems in the future.

FOR DULLS..!!! IF YOU DO NOT OFFER TO US 200 bucks WE WILL KILL YOUR WEB SITE!

 

[gingeman]

Yup, I am now receiving over 500 of these every day. Annoying but pointless.

 

[nielsencl]

Extortion. And most of us domainers are too poor to pay, even if we wanted to...! This is a crime, but also one of the funniest things I have read in some time... I hope they email me soon, because this is what I plan to do:

1) Notify my hosting provider(s). I'm sure they would love to get this kind of warning about a DDOS attack and have more information to go after the jerks that are doing it.

2) Report it as SPAM. This may or may not do much, but given that they are clearly half-wits, they may be using a computer where they work or at their parent's home.

3) Notify the company running the payment method. I am sure they will be interested in a customer running this kind of racket.

This reminds me of that old warning" "Everytime you masturbate, god kills a kitten!".

I almost forgot 4) Setup an email filter in sPanel to look for their email address, and then send a copy of their email to that address. The old "I'm rubber, your glue...." ploy.