Jones Meadows Blog

We recently switched to Comcast from Qwest for both phone and Internet access services, only to discover some billing issues that Qwest sneaks into their agreements. Hopefully this information will help others beware the same situation. Our bottom line is that Qwest should be avoided and that Comcast has proven to be a great company. (more…)

This has been verified by the FBI (their link is also included below).
Please pass this on to everyone in your email address book. It is
spreading fast so be prepared should you get this call. Most of us take
those summonses for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on
their civic duty, that a new and ominous kind of fraud has surfaced. (more…)

Please be advised that “Domain Notification Central” is sending spam emails to registrants of domain names, which should be ignored and thrown away. The scam attempts to sell you a variant of your current domain(s) under the guise of preventing some elusive legal action against your domain name. This company is currently being sued by legitimate registrars, but they continue to solicit payments through deceptive emails. Below is a sample email for review.

This company’s website contains a link to Check Your Domain. DO NOT USE THIS LINK! This is a second layer scam to collect additional domain names for likely vulnerable owners, as evidenced to them once you use it. If you have any questions about your domain  name status, possible “infractions,” or the chance of unwanted transfers… contact your current registrar and ask them yourself.

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The is an email scam to validate your email address. The link “this patch” contains a hyperlink to an IP Address (not an actual company domain) and there is a query string attached to it (below). The query string has an encrypted section of garbled looking text. That’s your email address in an encrypted format. If you click the link, the server you land on decrypts the string to get your email address, and tags a database to say you are a sucker and to send you a LOT more spam.

http://75.215.64.26/?09ff64d82c3b9ebeed454601e5re7210

Network admins who have a problem with your email server wil send official email and you will have contact information to resolve any real issues.

********** ACTUAL EMAIL CONTENT **********
Dear Customer,

Our robot has detected an abnormal activity from your IP adress
on sending e-mails. Probably it is connected with the last epidemic
of a worm which does not have official patches at the moment.

We recommend you to install this patch to remove worm files
and stop email sending, otherwise your account will be blocked.

Abuse Team

A new phishing website has sprung up. It doesn’t look to retrieve your bank or other login information. It is designed to verify if your email is used, to start sending you a LOT of spam email. The”eCard Number” they supply is associated with your email address. If you click the link, it tells them your email is valid and to be used for future spam, since you have verified that you receive email at that address. (more…)