Thursday, January 8, 2015

Another email scam: This one looks like it is from Google, but don't click! Argentina here we come!

The email looks like this


Google myles.kleper@ge.com via yahoo.com 

12/13/14
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December 13, 2014
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So, the email looks like it is from Google, but note the From address:  ge.com.  That is weird.  So I did an email trace using a special tool.  Here is the actual origination of the email:

IP Address:  190.228.129.31
Hostname:  smtp31.allytech.com
IP Address Country:  Argentina  
IP Continent:  South America 
IP Address City Location:  Federal 
IP Address Region:  Entre Rios
IP Address Latitude:  -30.9546, 
IP Address Longtitude:  -58.7833
Organization:  Allytech S.A.
ISP:  Telecom Argentina S.A.

Interesting.  So, as usual, don't click on these kind of messages.  

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