IF YOU RECEIVE SUCH AN EMAIL. REPORT IT AND INFORM THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU.
And yet they keep coming in. Don’t they ever get tired of trying? If anyone has received a similar email DELETE IT. IT HAS NOT COME FROM BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU.
There has been a malware incrypted in the link of the email. DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK.
Here is the email we were sent. It seems to have come from Barcelona. Anyone who gets these emails, check the header of the email to find where the IP address is located.
How to find the IP address:
Outlook 2007: Open the message and click on message options
Received: (qmail 12272 invoked from network); 9 Dec 2011 02:55:54 -0500
Received: from static-113-208-228-77.ipcom.comunitel.net (77.228.208.113)
Hello,
The Better Business Bureau has been filed the above mentioned complaint from one of your customers on the subject of their dealings with you.
The detailed information about the consumer’s concern is explained in enclosed file.
Please examine this case and let us know about your point of view.
We encourage you to click here to answer this complaint.
We look forward to your urgent response.
Faithfully yours,
Shawna Dennis
Better Business Bureau
Council of Better Business Bureaus
4200 Wilson Blvd, Suite 800
Arlington, VA 22203-1838
Phone: 1 (703) 276.0100
Fax: 1 (703) 525.8277
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December 12, 2011 at 7:09 pm
I got one of these and googled to your site. In your post you want ip addys. Here’s a full cut n paste of the email to me(w/o my addy):
X-Apparently-To: XXXXXX@yahoo.ca via 98.139.211.212; Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:54:46 -0800
X-YahooFilteredBulk: 89.122.97.13
Received-SPF: permerror (encountered permanent error during SPF processing of domain of bbb.org)
X-YMailISG: by5TLN8WLDtmXV_M7Xw69dlXdzNpRBladXsctnIu5zSqWvuR
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X-Originating-IP: [89.122.97.13]
Authentication-Results: mta1022.mail.ac4.yahoo.com from=bbb.org; domainkeys=neutral (no sig); from=bbb.org; dkim=neutral (no sig)
Received: from 127.0.0.1 (EHLO Alin-PC) (89.122.97.13)
by mta1022.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:54:46 -0800
Received: from apache by bbb.org with local (Exim 4.63)
(envelope-from )
id 04Y4GR-MS3YA4-34
for ; Thu, 8 Dec 2011 10:54:44 +0200
To:
Subject: Please review your customer’s complaint
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 10:54:44 +0200
From: “::Better Business Bureau::”
Message-ID:
X-Priority: 3
X-Mailer: PHPMailer 5.1 (phpmailer.sourceforge.net)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary=”————05040800402010508010908″
X-Agent-Received: from mail.yahoo (pop.mail.yahoo.ca); Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:28:31 -0500
X-Agent-Train-Legitimate: 0
X-Agent-Junk-Probability: 0
Dear Sirs,The Better Business Bureau has got the above mentioned complaint from one of your customers on the subject of their business relations with you.The detailed information about the consumer’s concern is explained in attached file.Please give attention to this problem and inform us about your standpoint.We encourage you to click here to reply this complaint.We look forward to your prompt response.Sincerely yours,Louis GeraldBetter Business Bureau Council of Better Business Bureaus4200 Wilson Blvd, Suite 800Arlington, VA 22203-1838Phone: 1 (703) 276.0100Fax: 1 (703) 525.8277