Comments on: Getting a “Conract” Doesn’t Make You a Rock Star http://blog.webroot.com/2010/04/30/getting-a-conract-doesnt-make-you-a-rock-star/ WEBROOT - INSIGHTS INTO THREATS AND TRENDS FROM OUR INTERNET SECURITY EXPERTS Thu, 23 May 2013 07:00:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Five Reasons You Should Always “Stop. Think. Connect.” « Webroot Threat Blog http://blog.webroot.com/2010/04/30/getting-a-conract-doesnt-make-you-a-rock-star/#comment-1753 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:02:35 +0000 http://blog.webroot.com/?p=2576#comment-1753 [...] into a .zip archive. Spam out the file to 24 brajillion people, with a poorly worded sob story, a business contract, or an order confirmation message, and wait for the valuable data to come flooding [...]

]]> By: Fake Amazon.com Order Emails Bring a Trojany “Friend” « Webroot Threat Blog http://blog.webroot.com/2010/04/30/getting-a-conract-doesnt-make-you-a-rock-star/#comment-928 Mon, 17 May 2010 23:38:23 +0000 http://blog.webroot.com/?p=2576#comment-928 [...] the purchase of an expensive consumer electronics item, or a contract (spelled, tellingly, “conract“) for expensive home improvement work, purportedly to be done on the recipient’s [...]

]]> By: Trojan Masquerades as iTunes Gift or Résumé « Webroot Threat Blog http://blog.webroot.com/2010/04/30/getting-a-conract-doesnt-make-you-a-rock-star/#comment-918 Wed, 12 May 2010 17:07:38 +0000 http://blog.webroot.com/?p=2576#comment-918 [...] a few weeks ago, in which the message (in hilariously misspelled English) claims the attachment is a recording contract of some kind, with a forged return address of what appears to be a record company. A similar campaign was waged [...]

]]> By: Amnon I. Govrin http://blog.webroot.com/2010/04/30/getting-a-conract-doesnt-make-you-a-rock-star/#comment-891 Sun, 02 May 2010 03:09:41 +0000 http://blog.webroot.com/?p=2576#comment-891 How about getting an e-mail about winning the lottery, needing help with millions of a late African president or how about a Russian company that needs help collecting from a U.S. company?

Recently I got an e-mail written in such poor English only matched by the request – passport photocopy, SSN, full name, bank account number and full address.

Are there people that actually fall into such a bad trap?

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