Best Buy Fraud Alert Email

[Shockazooloo]

I just got this email and was wondering if anyone else got it? I think its a fraud and wanted to bring it to everyone's attention. Sorry if it's a repost, I searched and found nothing. I think this is the person's IP as well that I got this email from. 12-216-32-149 I also called the phone number on bottom and it asked to please enter my security code.

Dear customer,

Recently we have received an order made by using your personal credit card information.
This order was made online at our official BestBuy website on 06/17/2003.
Our Fraud Department has some suspicions regarding this order and we need you to visit a special Fraud Department page at our web store where you can confirm or decline this transaction by providing us with the correct information.
This e-mail address has been taken from National Credit Bureau.

Click the link below to visit a special Fraud Department page to resolve the cause of the problem.
http://www.BestBuy.com/fraud_department.html

=====================================================================
ORDER# 1095619 - STATUS: SUSPENDED

ITEMS PURCHASED
=====================================================================
Item No: 73890
CDA-9815 In-Dash CD Player/Ai-Changer Controller
Price: $387.65 Qty: 2 Total: $775.3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The order listed above has not yet been processed.
The reason for the delay in processing your order is:

- UNVERIFIED SHIPPING ADDRESS

- Information provided:
Shipping
41 WINHAM ST
Staten Island, NY 10306
United States
phone# 206-337-9843

In our effort to deter fraudulent transactions, we need your help in providing us with the correct information. Your prompt response is needed to avoid any unauthorized charges to your credit card.
=====================================================================
Click the link below to visit a special Fraud Department page to resolve the cause of the problem.
http://www.BestBuy.com/fraud_department.html

 

[Zorro]

This is smoking hot

 

[aphex]

Post the headers

* Looking up 12.216.32.149
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* Resolved 12.216.32.149 to 12-216-32-149.client.mchsi.com
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[conehead433]

Received this same e-mail. It is very troubling that someone can get a list of the e-mail addresses of Best Buy's customer's who've made purchases on their website with credit cards recently. Best Buy did have a recorded message about this at their customer srvice # when you punched up order status if I remember well. Best Buy needs to have 128 bit encryption for the entire ordering process so this kind of crap doesn't happen. So here's the header info and such on the e-mail. These people belong behind bars, or better yet- tell the RIAA they illegaly downloaded copyrighted music and turn them over to them. LOL

Received: from 68.55.110.57 (unverified [68.55.110.57])
by deleted (Sendmail 1.0) with ESMTP id 4172773
for deleted Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:59:31 -400
Return-Path: <Atl_Carter@msn.com>
Received: from 68.55.110.57 (68.55.110.57 [68.55.110.57])
by 68.55.110.57 (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id ldpahn52804
for deleted ; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:06:50 -0400 (EST)
Message-ID: <bmhjs92428@msn.com>
From: "Peder Maurine" <Atl_Carter@msn.com>
To: deleted
Subject: BestBuy Order #1095619. Fraud Alert.
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:06:48 -0400 (EST)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/related;
type="multipart/alternative";
boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000F_01C33095.9F84B280"
X-Priority: 1
X-MSMail-Priority: High
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2727.1300
X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com
X-Rcpt-To:
X-SpamDetect-Info: This message may be spam see http://www.smitespam.com for more information
X-SpamDetect: ***: 3.129941 SmiteCRC Partial (+0.352941),Stop with the offers, coupons, discounts etc!,Sent with 'X-Msmail-Priority' set to high
X-Smite-CRC: A$1H41g58$1SQ0Mx6#1OiwL2C#14z7G9r$11vV2sI$141d6BT#lEpQbJ$rYUSuJ#1ct4U7I
Status: U
X-UIDL: 1055984372.24246_14005

 

[MontyBurns]

what exactly are you wanting us to do with this??

if we got the e-mail, then... we know we got the e-mail. right?

 

[ReiAyanami]

i'm guessing you don't live anywhere near Staten Island, NY, time for the feds to pay somebody a visit

 

[UF Jspec]

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[conehead433]

I've already received another one of these same e-mail messages from a different address this time. The addresses of the senders are probably not people who are actually sendiing the message. This is acting just like an e-mail born virus.

 

[fr]

Yeah, this one looks pretty clean. No bad grammar and crappy formatting like the usual fakes. The only thing wrong is the missing space in the words "BestBuy." The link at the bottom really leads to http://www.digitalgamma.com/fraud.html.

 

[Mikasa999]

Since when did NYC have a new area code of 206?

area code 206 belongs to Washington state: Seattle and Bainbridge Island

 

[whatnow]

Thanks for the heads up. I also received this today. Calling BB tomorrow and complaining. :|

 

[DamageInc]

Originally posted by: Zorro
This is smoking hot

It's important that we have these alerts. Where would you find them otherwise?

You don't need to crap on the thread.

 

[dew042]

Originally posted by: whatnow
Thanks for the heads up. I also received this today. Calling BB tomorrow and complaining. :|

are you serious? lol - that's sad. don't know exactly what that will get you...

this is so fake its funny....

we had numerous folks calling our bb store about this today. not sure exactly what those customers thought retail employees were going to be able to do about it?

FYI - Best Buy's new website is set to roll out very shortly here - security is one of the focuses.


dew.

 

[AngryKid]

Off-topic

 

[SgtZulu]

Where's the HOT Deal?

 

[duhh]

Originally posted by: AngryKid
Off-topic

generally, fraud alerts / ebay or paypal scams etc make it in here ... it helps get the word out

 

[FamilyLaw]

I received the same email and called BB. They have a recorded message about the fraud and indicate that they are investigating.

 

[skarydrunkguy]

i've said it before and i'll say it again. let the morons be morons. dont waste your time trying to save every idiot their last dime. just give it up.

 

[atac]

Originally posted by: conehead433
Received this same e-mail. It is very troubling that someone can get a list of the e-mail addresses of Best Buy's customer's who've made purchases on their website with credit cards recently. Best Buy did have a recorded message about this at their

I've never purchased through the Best Buy website. Wonder where they got my email address?

 

[nickdigger]

hmmm. when i go to www.BestBuy.com/fraud_department.html, i get a warning not to buy Extended Warranty from BestBuy retail outlets --
"...no matter how relentless the salesperson is. Trust us, he/she is lying."

 

[Thump553]

Thank you for the post. I think it does belong in Hot Deals, and I hardly think you would have to be a "moron" (to quote one threadcrapper) to fall for this scam. I've bought online from BB several times, and have noticed the don't have the quickest shipping or the best procedures to update you on the status of your order. I could easily see falling for this scam.

Haven't gotten this scam email yet myself personally but thanks again for the heads up.

 

[MrPG]

I don't get whats going on..

who is trying to cheat who.. and how?

 

[SweetBaboo]

oh man...the website is down before I got to leave any info

 

[nebula]

Actually I bet this has nothing to do with BestBuy. My friend just got this email too and he gets alot of spam, and he's never ordered from BB online. And a PP said they've never ordered from BB online either. I bet this is similiar to the Paypal scam emails, they are just using BestBuy in this case, maybe they don't like them, 'cause BB is probably getting a ton of calls, you can't call Paypal.

 

[Ness]

Originally posted by: Thump553
I think it does belong in Hot Deals, and I hardly think you would have to be a "moron" (to quote one threadcrapper) to fall for this scam.

I still wondering for what reason it belongs in here. Let alone, how this email is trying to scam someone. If you didn't order anything from BB, especially what is listed, and that isn't your addess, why wouldn't you just ignore it to begin with? I mean, there is a link there that leads to a page on the BB site, but the link is dead... do people seriously just hit "reply" and type "Yeah man, go ahead and send that stuff!"?

Come on...
this post is lame, IMO.