ClubWorld-Tom (spam attack. not ClubWorld)

[heatherad]

Hey Tom, can you shed some light on this. Just received it in my inbox.

News.Super action from ClubWorldCasinos and partners!
Cynthia Boudreau [bniejew@gmail.com]

Message-Id: <20090124152449.AEA89665D9@hm243.locaweb.com.br>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:24:49 -0200 (BRST)



This letter is sent to you, because you’re the client of ClubWorldCasinos! We hasten to inform you, that today we are going to move to the new address. The casinos administration asks you to register at the casino over again. Our new address is jeunessesjs.be/worldclub.php! Play casino with us! Wish you good luck!



You can contact us by post at our Head Online-Office.



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[Simmo!]

Its standard spam nothing to do with CWC. I see loads of similar in my spam trap every week. These muppets just send out millions of these with random casino names on the basis that a) even if 0.01% of the recipients they hit are members and click thru they can still make some money or, more likely, b) they want to plant a virus/trojan/key logger on your PC. The giveaways are the gmail address, the .com.br in the message id and the .be domain you'e supposed to click on and may contain the virus ready to plant.

Cast the net wide and see what it drags in.

I get hundreds of spam emails every week sent by.....me! Apparently.

[anniemac]

Heatherad,

I think CW has been hit by those nasty spammers from King Dice (GoldVIP) I got an email yesterday that I thought was from CW and it was from them.

Nasty little buggers!!

[heatherad]

Originally Posted by Simmo!

Its standard spam nothing to do with CWC. I see loads of similar in my spam trap every week. These muppets just send out millions of these with random casino names on the basis that enen if 0.01% of the recipients they hit are members and click thru they can still make some money. The giveaways are the gmail address and the .com.br in the message id.

Cast the net wide and see what it drags in.

Originally Posted by anniemac

Heatherad,

I think CW has been hit by those nasty spammers from King Dice (GoldVIP) I got an email yesterday that I thought was from CW and it was from them.

Nasty little buggers!!

I was pretty certain it was spam by the pointers Simmo listed. I'm just hoping casinos getting targeted like this are aware of all these little sidetricks that the spammers are trying to pull off.
Thanks for the confirmation there Simmo! and anniemac

Sidenote: Just noticed too they are getting very creative now with sending promo mail named after Lauren who works promo at ClubWorld...geesh!

[Simmo!]

Originally Posted by heatherad

Thanks for the confirmation there Simmo! and anniemac

No worries...i was still editing my post one handed (cat on the other!) so note my point about viruses too

[heatherad]

Originally Posted by Simmo!

No worries...i was still editing my post one handed (cat on the other!) so note my point about viruses too

Took note of the edit
Won't ask what the cat was doing in your hand though

[spearmaster]

Heather, when did you open your account with ClubWorld?

[heatherad]

Originally Posted by spearmaster

Heather, when did you open your account with ClubWorld?

I believe it was May, 2007.
I just sent a copy of the email to support at ClubWorld. Figured it wouldn't hurt in seeing it.

[spearmaster]

Originally Posted by heatherad

I believe it was May, 2007.
I just sent a copy of the email to support at ClubWorld. Figured it wouldn't hurt in seeing it.

The reason I asked is because I don't recall getting one of those emails - thus it probably wasn't mailed out to all CWC customers. Maybe just a fluke, you know, like those phishing emails you sometimes get from this bank or that bank claiming that they need you to update your information because they've upgraded their security procedures? Sometimes they actually get my bank name right

[heatherad]

Originally Posted by spearmaster

The reason I asked is because I don't recall getting one of those emails - thus it probably wasn't mailed out to all CWC customers. Maybe just a fluke, you know, like those phishing emails you sometimes get from this bank or that bank claiming that they need you to update your information because they've upgraded their security procedures? Sometimes they actually get my bank name right

Ah yes, the good old fake bank emails! Almost had me fall for one of those once but contacted my bank first
Guess I'm just blown away with this recent rash of spam emails using ClubWorlds name. I can honestly say that in all the time I have been a customer there, I have never gotten a spam email from someone using their casino name. It hasn't been until recently that they have started to pour in.