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ALERT! Sophisticated Phishing Attempt using OF formatting

tomvox1
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Hi everybody -- hope you're all doing very well.
So, just got hit with what seems like a fairly sophisticated phishing attempt (to me, at least).
This went to my Inbox and not Junk:
OFPhishingemail.png

When you click on the View Conversation link you get prompted to sign in with your user name & password (even if you are already signed in on other tabs). But the url is not OF but rather something with a forulmts DOT com domain (where you can actually see the templets for this attack if you visit there). Your browser will still prompt you to autofill if you have your login info saved in there despite that discrepancy for some reason.

You will also note that the conversation starter is a real member here but if you click his username link on the email you're redirected to a different member, but actually to the correct Omega Forums site this time. Also, this conversation from the phishing email alert will not exist in your Inbox on the real site.

Finally, if you trace the origin of the email, it comes up as being sent via a "do not reply" from rolexforums DOT com of all things!

Anyway, just a heads up and if you happened to use that dubious link-thru to log in, change your password ASAP.
Be safe out there & all the best,
Tom
 
Fatcat
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Direct to trash already surprising and empty PM , and no email in the forum , bastards 馃榾)))))
 
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whois forulmts.com
Domain Name: FORULMTS.COM
Registry Domain ID: 2507605932_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namesilo.com
Registrar URL: http://www.namesilo.com
Updated Date: 2021-09-17T16:37:06Z
Creation Date: 2020-03-26T14:23:58Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2022-03-26T14:23:58Z
Registrar: NameSilo, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 1479
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4805240066
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Name Server: NS10.VEEBLEHOSTING.COM
Name Server: NS9.VEEBLEHOSTING.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
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The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .EDU domains and
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Domain Name: forulmts.com
Registry Domain ID: 2507605932_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namesilo.com
Registrar URL: https://www.namesilo.com/
Updated Date: 2021-11-11T07:00:00Z
Creation Date: 2020-03-26T07:00:00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2022-03-26T07:00:00Z
Registrar: NameSilo, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 1479
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4805240066
Reseller: QHOSTER.COM
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Phillip Frishe
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: 55 old military rd
Registrant City: NY
Registrant State/Province: NY
Registrant Postal Code: 10023
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.8177698271
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: [email protected]
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: Phillip Frishe
Admin Organization:
Admin Street: 55 old military rd
Admin City: NY
Admin State/Province: NY
Admin Postal Code: 10023
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.8177698271
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax:
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: [email protected]
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: Phillip Frishe
Tech Organization:
Tech Street: 55 old military rd
Tech City: NY
Tech State/Province: NY
Tech Postal Code: 10023
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: +1.8177698271
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax:
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: [email protected]
Name Server: NS9.VEEBLEHOSTING.COM
Name Server: NS10.VEEBLEHOSTING.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
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Data in our WHOIS database is provided for information purposes only, and to
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registration record. We do not guarantee its accuracy. By submitting a WHOIS
query, you agree to abide by the following terms of use: You agree that you may
use this Data only for lawful purposes and that under no circumstances will you
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The registration details may be complete lies of course, but perhaps there are some leads to the perps here.
 
Evitzee
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These days one has to be very careful in anything you get in any email or message, the classic Nigerian prince goofy emails are easy to spot, but the more sophisticated attempts to get your data can be tricky. Stay vigilant.
 
JwRosenthal
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vitriol vitriol
I haven't heard from him for a while. Do you know how is he doing?
Apparently he and his father made up. Really glad I could help him out like that, he did give me $5m for my troubles, so that was nice. Did he not write you back?
 
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