New scam to watch out for - Warning foul language

[BulldogTom]

I got an email earlier this week:

Sender:  Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft LLP
Subject:  Fraudulent card charge

Message:  Who the f&@k are you and why is there a charge from att.net on my card?  Here you can view my statement, get back to me asap. 

Link to "b of a card statement"

Thank You
Fred Evans

This one almost got me.  I never click on links (as many of you here know - even on this board I am very careful).  So I hit the reply button and very politely explained that if there was a charge by my company on his card he should send the information in the body of the email.  The reply email was undeliverable, meaning this was a scam.  There was nothing in the email header to tip me off that this was not a legitimate email.  It was only the link in the message that sent up my radar on this one.

 Be careful out there folks.  It is getting harder and harder to see this crap.  Remember when it was only the African princes who needed us to cash their checks for them?  It ain't like that no more.

Tom
Newark, CA

[JohnH]

I got that same one last week.

[rfassett]

Thanks for the heads up.  Almost makes one start to think that two separate systems are needed for us in this business.  One that has absolutely no client information on it that can be used for email and web surfing.  And one strictly for doing client work. 

[Tax Prep by Deb]

Great idea!  I have already been hit once, and I am extremely careful now, but then again I thought I was then too!  But the second computer would be great, just don't have it connected to the network or it still could infect the other computers.

[Terry D EA]

I agree but the client machine would need to update daily and transmit. I wonder if it would be possible to have some type of switch that would allow you to connect and disconnect from the internet when needed. Hmmm

[WITAXLADY]

other scam - caller says "Can You hear me?"  - do not reply yes!!! as then they record...