malkiserow Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 I've got an email from someone I don't know saying it is about the estate of a deceased relative. It has an attachment asking me to open it. I've not heard of the relative before so this is all out of the blue. I've not opened the email or attachment, is this a new scam? How can I open the attachment "somewhere safe" as I do not want my computer knackerd up! All very strange Any thoughts lads and lasses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthegearandnoidea Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 delete it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr W Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 You could reply and ask for a phone number and speak to them. More than likely to be a scam but there are firms out there who trace beneficaries of estates they didn't know they were entitled to for a percentage fee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhw100 Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 yea delete it! if they REALLY wanted to get in contact with you im sure they could acquire your number from somewhere or your home address just another internet scam! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper6 Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Is it e-mailed directly to you or is it a circular......if its a circular chances are its a virus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST3V3 Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 i have had a few of these the best 1 was from the caribean somewhere stating that someone with my surname had died and the millions where going to the goverment so they would prove i was related and we could go halves on the estate. I emailed them back explaining that I was to busy farming my flying pigs to which there response were threats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeymagic1969 Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 I have had the same email this week - deleted it as i thought it was a scam( looks like i was right) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 My daughter received something similar about a week ago and when she opened the attachment, something with "Manager" in the title was installed on her PC, if it hadn't had a desktop icon she probably wouldn't have noticed it. She ran AdAware and it removed 17 infections all containing the word "Manager". I automatically delete anything like this, I hate to think of the amount of inheritances and investment opportunities I have lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chally2 Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 OF COURSE IT'S A SCAM YOU MORON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 OF COURSE IT'S A SCAM YOU MORON Laughed at loud at that one. Agreed. Concise and to the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russuk Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Send me your name, address and bank account details and I'll tell you, while also depositing 3 million US dollars left to you by a deceased relative you didn't know you had in Uganda. Yours gleefully. Col. Chief Umbeksi Mbezoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 i got them. just get rid of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul1966 Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 have a look for a program called sandboxie, its a program that allows you to open programs and attachments safely, it runs them in a virtual environment separate from your operating system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted March 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 OF COURSE IT'S A SCAM YOU MORON Oooooo attitude , is it half term already, the aftermath of an all night session with Roy (Chubby) Brown or an Aptamil deficiency? How did you get on with asking for shooting permission? I take take it that you can be civil with strangers sometimes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nial Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 The first place to check if you're worried about something like this is... www.snopes.com Nial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chally2 Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 "I take take it that you can be civil with strangers sometimes" Only intelligent ones. Sorry I'm not being rude but this is the oldest scam in the book, maybe not always email, but phone or letter ect. I delete about 50 of these per week. Every one has heard of it and a guy with over 3000 post might of heard of this before. I actually thought you were joking at first. I just couldn't resist. Sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-oXo- Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 (edited) Best place would be to run it in a sandbox and check what external connections are made but i'll pretty much garentee its a remote downloader or bot file. There are verious online sanboxes and malware scanners most of the time its a botnet file which connect to P2P networks or older ones connect to IRC based servers. Edited March 19, 2010 by -oXo- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piebob Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Every one has heard of it Well, no - that's why these emails keep appearing. Numerous folks are caught out and the scamsters continue to make lots of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight32 Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Oooooo attitude , is it half term already, the aftermath of an all night session with Roy (Chubby) Brown or an Aptamil deficiency? How did you get on with asking for shooting permission? I take take it that you can be civil with strangers sometimes? Yes I though that was a little sharp too. Scams come in many ways these days and we don't always pick up on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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