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jambutty · 29-05-2005, 06:49

You may get what appears to be an innocent email from AMO SoftShop Team with “Your bank transaction has been declined” as the subject, which reads:

Dear customer,

Unfortunately your transaction has not been authorized.
Please, specify your transaction
number 2022872 dating 22 May 2005 with total amount of 274.00 pounds.
You've specified the following email as reachable.
Please call us at +44-01217111915 for additional information.
You can find the order details at www..amotrading,,org

Reggards.
AMO SoftShop Team.

DON’T CLICK ON THE URL LINK! The site has a virus.

If by any chance to do get curious and click the URL then immediately go to your browser menu Tools > Internet Options and delete Temporary Internet Files including off line content. You should be in the clear but let your anti virus software do a sweep as you continue doing what you were doing, just to be on the safe side.

Yes I was curious because I thought that someone had been trying to buy something in my name using my credit card details that had just expired and I wanted to find out what was going on.

Curiosity nearly killed this cat.

29-05-2005, 06:49	#1
jambutty Apprentice Geriatric Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Darwen, Lancashire Posts: 3,706 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 89	Watch out for this email You may get what appears to be an innocent email from AMO SoftShop Team with “Your bank transaction has been declined” as the subject, which reads: Dear customer, Unfortunately your transaction has not been authorized. Please, specify your transaction number 2022872 dating 22 May 2005 with total amount of 274.00 pounds. You've specified the following email as reachable. Please call us at +44-01217111915 for additional information. You can find the order details at www..amotrading,,org Reggards. AMO SoftShop Team. DON’T CLICK ON THE URL LINK! The site has a virus. If by any chance to do get curious and click the URL then immediately go to your browser menu Tools > Internet Options and delete Temporary Internet Files including off line content. You should be in the clear but let your anti virus software do a sweep as you continue doing what you were doing, just to be on the safe side. Yes I was curious because I thought that someone had been trying to buy something in my name using my credit card details that had just expired and I wanted to find out what was going on. Curiosity nearly killed this cat. __________________ Thanks for reading. If you have a few minutes to spare please visit my web site at http://popye.bravehost.com Last edited by Mick; 29-05-2005 at 07:06.