Here’s a 419 scam with a little of everything, including a wonderful fake website. First, the email:
If the end user ignores the advert popups, they still have the Hot Diamond website itself to contend with – a classy, sophisticated piece of social engineering that is absolutely not stuffed full of awful logic, stolen screenshots and spinning globes.
Or, you know, maybe it is. Anyone with better observation skills than a pet rock will quickly realise that their “Lottery winner pictures” are just hotlinked files for everything from the Euro Lottery to, er, some other lotteries.
By the time you get to their CEO / Board of Directors list, you get the distinct impression they’re not trying very hard. Case in point, say hello to Mr. James Moore:
Let’s not forget Mrs Caroline and Mrs Mary, either. Finally, we have their “Send me all your money” form, which wants all sorts of personal information including banking details.
I’m not sure this website hits the heady heights of this fakeout in terms of sheer dreadfulness, but it certainly comes close. You can happily ignore everything these scammers send to your mailbox.
Christopher Boyd
(Thanks to Robert and Wendy for finding this one.)