The last thing I expected is that my blog becomes a way to track the path of an international scam campaign. All I did ( or so I thought) was let some steam off when I posted Scammers Are Getting Smart a good week ago. I guess:
- the scam was first insignificant enough that only I posted about it, thus getting the #1 position on Google for the search term “Krbill.llc”
- than it got widespread enough that a lot of people are actually searching for it… I am getting a lot of hits on this post. ( I wish some of the more thoughtful, analytical posts saw this kind of traffic).
Today must be the day of the Australia is invaded: I am seeing hundreds of hits all coming from Google Australia.
I’d like to repeat I am not a scam or security expert, but several commenters to the original post suggested a hidden iframe on the web page will attempt to place malware on your computer, so all I can suggest is:
- do not click the link
- delete the offending email
- run full antivirus and spyware scans.
Tags: scam, scammers, phishing, fraud, online+fraud, krbill, krbill.llc, australia
Hi Zoli and readers.
Yep – it hit Oz today… My workplace has just purchased a $16,000 spam filter… didn’t stop this beauty from getting through.
BUT – i’m the only Mac user in our workplace (well, Mac & Pc…) and I happily clicked on the link (I often open viruses and trojans with the mac – just to see the IT staff freak out!).
So – another dot point you could put up
the link I received was this one: http://robertdouglas.com/scken3182.html
thank you for the heads-up Zoli!
Peter, Canberra – Australia.
RIP Steve Irwin – Australia, and the world, has lost a treasure.
Hi Zoli and Readers,
Your post above is great, and good of you to get the word out about what’s going on with phishing scams. Thought you might want to see some phishing in action at http://www.identitytheftsecrets.com/videos/paypalemail3.html. I’ve found it helps people understand phishing a bit more clearly, which is why I started the site in the first place.
Thanks for the great post, and hope the link above is helpful.
12 Sep – Australai – I have just purchased a baptist subscription through KRBill. Thansk for the Info