Hudson Hornet E-mail Scam

[Deleted User]

Here is a copy of a scam e-mail I just got... pretty funny stuff. beware!



This is Mrs Donald Ann from u.k and i want you to know that am a dealer and i have a costumer that is looking to buy 1951-1954 Hudson Hornet Coupe and wen am searching i come across the one posted and i want you to know that he said he need to know that last price,present condition and the pics of the 1951-1954 Hudson Hornet Coupe,as soon as you get back to me i will forward it to him so that he can make arrangement on how the payment will get to you and i want you to know as well that we will be the one to handle the shipment cos we have the shipping company that work for us okay also here is my contact phone number +447024025657 and i will be looking forward to your soonest reply.

Best Regards,

Donald..

Unknown

Wow, the Chicks dig Mrs. Donald too, even though she can't spell and doesn't know how to use caps. Obviously not one of the sharper crooks.

faustmb

Each time I sold a car in the past few years I've received at least one e-mail like this. What a load of crap. I wish they could stop this stuff.

Unknown

That's good old e-bay for you. But it's not limited to just e-bay, I had two such e-mails from ads I had placed on Craig's List.



I have heard from more than one source that it may be an attempt to hack into your PC and that once you respond that connects the link and they may be able to get in. Or was it Oliver Stone that told me that ?



Brad

Hudsy Wudsy

blaiser wrote:

That's good old e-bay for you. But it's not limited to just e-bay, I had two such e-mails from ads I had placed on Craig's List.



I have heard from more than one source that it may be an attempt to hack into your PC and that once you respond that connects the link and they may be able to get in. Or was it Oliver Stone that told me that ?



Brad

Oliver Stone...how wry!

rambos_ride

blaiser wrote:

That's good old e-bay for you. But it's not limited to just e-bay, I had two such e-mails from ads I had placed on Craig's List.

I have heard from more than one source that it may be an attempt to hack into your PC and that once you respond that connects the link and they may be able to get in. Or was it Oliver Stone that told me that ?

Brad

Well, I'm a programmer for a living, not a hacker the most information I believe they could get freely would be your "verified" email address and the IP number of your computer - which could be a problem see below ~ but you can follow some simple guidelines to help protect yourself...

1. FIREWALL! FIREWALL! FIREWALL! If you are connecting to the internet and do not have a software or hardware firewall setup...someone getting the IP address of your computer COULD most definitely hack into your computer.

2. Never give anyone personal sensitive information over an email or open internet connection. Always look that you have logged into a secure site before entering personal information (IE users will show a small lock at the bottom of the browser windows and the URL should always begin with "HTTPS" not "HTTP"

3. Never open an attachement in an email from someone you don't trust and even then don't do it! Use your judgement here...my brother continually sends me crud emails with attachements (jokes) - I NEVER open any of them...not because I don't trust my brother...I don't trust where the email came from originally!



#1 just simply cannot be stressed enough! It's your 1st, best, line of defense from a hacker or intrusion.

Geoff

They never give up do they! I had one request for a radiator cap casting costing $120, and he was wanting to send me a Bank cheque for $1,000 in payment, and would I please bank the cheque, and send him a Western Union Money Order right away for the change. I was suspicious right away even before the "change" proposition, because of the bad grammar and spelling, and lack of capitals. Very obvioulsy "english as a second language" applied, and sure enough, checking the email address, was from Venezuela.

Geoff.

Aaron D. IL

Lot of these stupid scams and fishing originate in Nigeria. Persistant little #@%!@% they are.

Unknown

Aaron D. IL wrote:

Lot of these stupid scams and fishing originate in Nigeria. Persistant little #@%!@% they are.

What's scary is that they've apparently been successful... how else in these third-world, dirt-poor countries can they afford the computers on which to purvey this crap?

[Deleted User]

Rick, The problem is that, at the first sign that you are not immediately responding to their request, they will be GONE IN A HEARTBEAT! I get these thiings all the time, and just trash them. The governments of these third world countries are absolutely NO help. Mostly ( I think ) because they are corrupt and are probably getting a cut of everything. The US government has no jurisdiction and so will be no help either.
Until there is a way to somehow, LEGALLY disable their computers via the
internet, I don't see much that will be done about these crooks.
For these crooks it is a very good scam. With the economy in some of these countries, If just one person responds the way they ask, they stand to make more money than most people in their country make in a year! As an example, If Geoff had complied to his E-mail, the scammer would have made $880. You would be amazed at the number of people looking to get something for nothing,( in Geoffs situation, $120 for a radiator cap ) and so, they rush to do as the scammer asks.
As long as some people are gullible enough to fall for these scams, they will continue.
Bob

hudsontech

This one is a tad different - I cry everytime I delete one of those "I need to hide the entire treasury of (put Nigeria, or someother African country here) every day when I get these.

But, you know what, gives on a feeling of POWER just tossing away $40, $50 million bucks or more. Well, we know there isn't any money at the end of that rainbow.

We saw a news story on ABC news a while back - showed the FBI and Nigerian officials busting one of these "computer" shops in Nigeria. Place had about a dozen computers in it - from the looks of them they were better than what I got!!!!!!!! One FBI official said people would not believe how many "suckers" fall for this scam.

As for cars (this is after all a car related forum, isn't it??) - there was a lady here in New England, I'll leave out her name, but just say she is now the HET National Secretary, who nearly got taken on a scheme that involved a car she was selling (non-Hudson). One of those "I'll send you the money but......" deals. Sounded good, her local post office caught it somehow or other and told her that it was a scam, and to contact the FBI. Which she did - and it was a scam.

Otherwise everybody have a great day.



Hudsonly,

Alex Burr