Amazon.com spam / salam-tv.com

This fake Amazon email leads to malware on salam-tv.com:

Date:      Tue, 5 Feb 2013 18:32:06 +0100
From:      "Amazon.com Orders" [no-reply@amazon.com]
Subject:      Your Amazon.com order receipt.

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Dear Amazon.com Customer,    
       

Thanks for your order, [redacted]!

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Order Details:

E-mail Address: [redacted]
Billing Address:
1170 CROSSING CRK N Rd.
Fort Wayne OH 49476-1748
United States
Phone: 1- 749-787-0001

Order Grand Total: $ 91.99
   
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Order Summary:
Details:
Order #:     C59-2302433-5787713
Subtotal of items:     $ 91.99
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Total before tax:     $ 91.99
Tax Collected:     $0.00
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Grand Total:     $ 90.00
Gift Certificates:     $ 1.99
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Total for this Order:     $ 91.99
       
       
   
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Please note that this message was sent to the following e-mail address: [redacted]

The malicious payload should be at [donotclick]salam-tv.com/detects/visit_putts.php but at the moment this domain doesn't seem to be resolving properly. A bit of digging around shows that it may be hosted on 198.144.191.50 (Chicago VPS, US) and the following malicious domains can be traced to that IP address:
morepowetradersta.com
capeinn.net
starsoftgroup.net
salam-tv.com
   

01530 561700: PPI refund cold callers are also PPI mis-sellers

Quick version:  01530 561700 is a PPI claims company trading as ABC Claims Management, but the people involved have been directors of a firm fined for PPI mis-selling. If you really want to wind them up, say you were mis-sold PPI by a firm called Hadenglen.

Long version:
PPI refund cold callers are annoying, and are almost always dishonest scumbags who claim that you are eligible for a PPI refund, but in fact they have no idea about who you are and nor do they have access to your financial records.

But there's more to the folks calling from 01530 561700 than meets the eye. The claims management company calling from this number is called ABC Claims Management (abc-inc.co.uk) who quote an address of:

York House
Smisby Road
Ashby de la Zouch
Leicestershire
LE65 2UG

A look at the WHOIS details give a nearby address:
Domain name:
        abc-inc.co.uk

    Registrant:
        HADENGLEN PLC

    Registrant type:
        Unknown

    Registrant's address:
        Hadenglen House Marlborough Square
        Leicestershire
        COALVILLE
        LE67 3WD
        United Kingdom

They list the owner as Hadenglen plc. Unlike many PPI claims firms, Hadenglen knows all about PPI.. because it and its boss were fined £182,000 in 2007  for PPI mis-selling. Hadenglen is no longer authorised to sell mortgages and there is a proposal to strike it off the register at Companies House.

The telephone number is closely associated with Hadenglen, both ABC and Hadenglen share the same address of:
SMISBY ROAD
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH
LEICS
LE65 2UG
..and of course, Hadenglen registered the domain name.

Of course, the real gotcha is that two of the directors of ABC Incorporation Ltd are Paul Butler and Richard Hayes who were both directors of.. you guessed it.. Hadenglen. Indeed, Mr Hayes was fined £49,000 for his part in the Hadenglen PPI mis-selling.

You could argue that poachers make the best gamekeepers, and the directors of a firm that was involved in PPI mis-selling might be the best people to make a claim. Or you might think otherwise. But why pay someone to do it (which could be thousands of pounds) when you can do it for free?

Update:  the scammers from ABC rang me again, and the woman calling identified the company but said she had never heard of her directors of Hadenglen.. which I very much doubt. I advised her to fuck off and leave me alone.

Phytiva / XCHC pump-and-dump

This pump-and-dump spam (at least I assume that's what it is) caught my eye,

From:     Hugh Crouch [tacticallyf44@riceco.com]
Date:     4 February 2013 12:39
Subject:     RE: Targeting the global Cosmoceutical market

US leading biotech company is please to introduce a newly launched brand - a hybrid of a proven, existing product line that has been well-managed and conservatively-run for over a decade with a hemp-based product line, utilizing the unique and potent benefits of the plants. Revolutionary formulations target not just the symptom, but also the cause. The plant is the ideal basis for healing solutions and has been utilized for centuries, as skin responds extremely well to its properties.

Its newest Plant based Product lines that have identified over a dozen ailments that we believe that the products will be the superior choice on the market. These ailments include cancer, arthritis, influenza, HIV/ AIDS, PTSD and many more.

We are looking for leading beauty and health care investors. If you are dedicated to making difference in people”s lives, we need your help now more than ever before toprovide excellent and efficient medical and health care for our future researches.
 
For more information, please visit

You can unsubscribe from all our future email communications at

The email originates from 31.25.91.159 in the Islamic Republic of Iran, spamvertising a site at www.xn--80aakfmpm2afbm.xn--p1ai (yes, that's a valid international domain name) hosted on 111.123.180.11 in China. In all likelihood, Phytiva and its parent company The X-Change Corporation (stock ticker XCHC) are almost definitely nothing to do with this rather odd spam. Avoid.

Something evil on 108.61.12.43 and 212.7.192.100

A few sites worth blocking on 108.61.12.43 (Constant Hosting, US) courtesy of Malware Must Die:
helloherebro.com
painterinvoice.ru
painterinvoicet.ru
immediatelyinvoicew.ru

While you are at it, you might like to block 212.7.192.100 (Dediserv, Netherlands) as well.

StumbleUpon spam / drugstorepillstablets.ru

This fake StumbleUpon spam is something new, it leads to a fake pharma site on drugstorepillstablets.ru:

Date:      Mon, 4 Feb 2013 01:01:46 -0600 (CST)
From:      StumbleUpon [no-reply@stumblemail.com]
Subject:      Update: Changes to Your Email Settings

   

Hi [redacted],

This is a quick note to let you know about some changes we've made to the email settings in your StumbleUpon account. We've created a bunch of new notification options that allow you to have more control over what types of emails you'll receive from us. These new notification options are not compatible with the old settings, so your settings have been reset. We apologize for any inconvenience, and want to make sure we only send you the emails you want to receive.

Now what? Please click here to head over to your email settings and update your preferences, so we know exactly what emails you'd like to receive from StumbleUpon.

Want to receive all notifications about shares from friends, recommended Stumbles, and more? Great, you don't have to do anything at all!

Thanks for Stumbling,

The StumbleUpon Team

P.S. Haven't signed in for a while and can't remember your password? You can reset it here by entering the email address used in this email.
   
   

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StumbleUpon | 301 Brannan Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94107

There's no surprise to see that the IP address of the spamvertised site is 92.48.119.139 (Simply Transit, UK) along with the following other possibly spammy sites:

ariseharsh.info
biah.ru
birthmed.com
carepillshealthcare.com
climbedwelness.com
drugripdrugshealth.ru
drugstorepharmacycenterline.com
drugstorepillstablets.ru
dvicemedicalrx.net
fatdietrx.com
genericsperrigo.com
goaddscan.com
gokeyscan.com
gorayscan.com
healthviagracare.com
healthwiblackwell.com
herbalwelgarcinia.net
ipadiet.net
ladenlismeds.com
lxie.ru
mail.carepillshealthcare.com
mediamoviestar.com
medicalwelhealthcare.com
medicaremedsromney.net
medpillsprescription.com
movietestworld.com
mytabhealth.com
ongy.ru
pharmacycialismeningitis.net
physicianslnesshealth.com
pilltabletsfitness.eu
rxdrugstorewalgreens.com
tabletspharmacynutrition.ru
tabletspharmacywellbeing.ru
tabpharmacyhealth.ru
theviagrahealth.com
treatmentsdrugstorepharmacy.ru
vikingsnotdead.com

Something evil on 50.116.40.194

50.116.40.194 (Linode, US) is hosting the Blackhole Exploit Kit (e.g. [donotclick]14.goodstudentloans.org/read/walls_levels.php - report here) and seems to have been active in the past 24 hours. I can see two domains at present, although there are probably many more ready to go:

14.goodstudentloans.org
14.mattresstoppersreviews.net

Photos spam / eghirhiam.ru

Here's a tersely-worded Photos spam leading to malware on eghirhiam.ru:

Subject: Photos

Good day,
your photos here http://www.jonko.com/photos.htm

As is usually the case, the malware bounces through a legitimate hacked site and in this case ends up at [donotclick]eghirhiam.ru:8080/forum/links/public_version.php (report here) hosted on:

82.148.98.36 (Qatar Telecom, Qatar)
195.210.47.208 (PS Internet Company Ltd, Kazakhstan)
202.72.245.146 (Railcom, Mongolia)

The following IPs and domains are all related and should be blocked:
82.148.98.36
195.210.47.208
202.72.245.146
bananamamor.ru
damagalko.ru
dekamerionka.ru
dfudont.ru
disownon.ru
dmpsonthh.ru
dmssmgf.ru
dumarianoko.ru
eghirhiam.ru
epiratko.ru
esekundi.ru
evkotnka.ru
evskindarka.ru
evujalo.ru
exiansik.ru
eziponoma.ru

FDIC spam / 123435jynfbdf.myWWW.biz

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