Skype Phishing

1 Stone Pwn · **Posted:** February 3rd, 2011, 7:44 pm

Does anybody else get messages trying to phish for info on Skype?

Example:

Quote:

SYSTEM REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
****************************************

ATTENTION ! Security Center has detected
malware on your computer !

Affected Software:

Apple Macintosh 10.6 Snow Leopard
Apple Macintosh 10.5 Leopard
Apple Macintosh 10.4 Tiger
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP

Impact of Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution / Virus Infection /
Unexpected shutdowns

Recommendation: Users running vulnerable version should install a repair utility immediately

Your system IS affected, download the patch from the address below !
Failure to do so may result in severe computer malfunction.

*removed link*

For the link to become active, please click on 'Add to contacts' skype button or type it in manually into your web browser!

What do you guys do about it? Personally, I block them, but I really want to troll one sometime

Adbot · **Posted:** February 3rd, 2011, 7:44 pm

Jeki · **Posted:** February 3rd, 2011, 9:49 pm

Wow, I wasn't aware that phising was going on skype. I've seen something similar to that on hotmail. Which is one of the main reasons why I don't use Hotmail anymore because it's become a sort of scamming/phising site imo unlike the past where you never saw issues of such things happening.

~ Jeki ~

Warren · **Posted:** February 4th, 2011, 9:50 am

I like how the "affected software" thing just like lists ones you're likely to be using lol.

Would receiving phishing e-mails on hotmail be like because of Hotmail though? That they suck at stopping them? Lol I've never received one on Hotmail so I'd assume it would be because of where you enter your e-mail and stuff but I don't know anything about e-mail stuff.

1 Stone Pwn · **Posted:** February 4th, 2011, 10:39 am

I don't get spam emails either, but maybe Google's filter is that good.

trekkie · **Posted:** February 4th, 2011, 6:42 pm

never had any coming for skype. but then i only use skype to yell at shane.

King Kulla · **Posted:** February 5th, 2011, 1:26 am

Is it an email? If so, then it's no different than the other ones i get from WoW, Facebook, Norton, Apple, Microsoft, etc...who aren't really those companies.

Adbot · **Posted:** February 5th, 2011, 1:26 am

Warren · **Posted:** February 5th, 2011, 10:50 am

Oh yeah I get an e-mail in the junk folder everyday from "Blizzard" telling me I either need to validate my WoW account, e-mail, or that my WoW account has been locked. XD I didn't even use that e-mail for WoW LoL

Regnenth · **Posted:** February 6th, 2011, 1:16 pm

I used to get stuff like this all the time on my yahoo email, i think at one point i had 200+ saved over a year long period of time, thats why i switched to gmail

Taylor Swift · **Posted:** February 6th, 2011, 8:56 pm

I don't get phishers or scammers via Skype, because I set it to contacts only. I just get creeps adding me hoping to chat.

I've never got anyone trying to phish my account. I used to get the "apply for mod PMs". They shut up after I went to Tetralink, Mod Matt P turned up, and we had a chat while he banhammered them

Pfkninenines · Global Moderator 12/4/08

Conversation => block => report abuse

Also under Options => Privacy Settings => Only allow people in my contact to contact me

Go to Advanced => mess around.

Problem solved. I've not had another spam message in quite a while after doing this.

Pennstate315 · Runite Member 5-25-10

I actually just got one of them yesterday, for the first time. Never before that did I get any type of message liek that.

Regnenth · **Posted:** February 8th, 2011, 2:38 pm

i dont know too much about skype, i only use it to talk to a few friends who have moved away. But what reason could people have for phishing on skype and what would they gain from it, other than having a new way to mess with people?

Warren · **Posted:** February 9th, 2011, 1:32 pm

Why wouldn't there be a reason to phish on Skype? Not like people who use Skype have a greater ability to recognize that such a message is not real and that the links would be dangerous compared to any other online service.
What's to gain is like from infecting their computer to gaining their financial information or other info depending what online services the person uses or the info the site asks for if they actual give them the info.

Regnenth · **Posted:** February 9th, 2011, 1:58 pm

Warren wrote:

What's to gain is like from infecting their computer to gaining their financial information or other info depending what online services the person uses or the info the site asks for if they actual give them the info.

true didnt even think of that. i'm not really used to the idea of people doing financial things on their normal computers. My dad does all my family's finances on a special computer because he is paranoid of stuff like that, lol. But i would think there would be ways to get more people's information if you are going to do anything, like through facebook or even youtube.