bitflipper
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Scam warning: "Broadcast Music, Inc."
I received an email from "Broadcast Music, Inc." that was purportedly an order confirmation. Since I order used books and CDs via Amazon on a regular basis, I do get such emails from a variety of vendors. The clue that this one was a Trojan was that no order details were included in the email. Instead, there was an attached zip file that they claimed contained the order information. Very clever. The email header revealed the sender to be one "g1fglucky@ms66.hinet.net", and the mail was delivered via a server in Russia. I'm pretty sure I haven't ordered anything from Russia lately. Here's the text of the email: Thank you for ordering from Broadcast Music, Inc.
This message is to inform you that your order has been received and is currently being processed.
Your order reference is 793653. You will need this in all correspondence. This receipt is NOT proof of purchase. We will send a printed invoice by mail to your billing address.
You have chosen to pay by credit card. Your card will be charged for the amount of 152.00 USD and "Broadcast Music, Inc." will appear next to the charge on your statement. l
Your purchase information appears below in the file.
Broadcast Music, Inc.
Inside the attached zip file is an executable, "Order details.exe". Up till this point, it's been a pretty clever ruse. But really, anyone who runs an exe they got in an email from an unknown sender kind of deserves what they get.
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Guitarhacker
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Re:Scam warning: "Broadcast Music, Inc."
2011/04/27 11:20:21
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Dave, since I am in business and tend to order lots of security equipment, which comes in the UPS truck and on occasion something comes FedEx..... I have seen some of these scams as well.
It usually says something like.... We tried to deliver a package to you but the address was wrong, missing, incomplete, etc..... please click the zipped file to see the details of this delivery transaction........
No thank you.... I'm a small enough company to know what I have ordered and I have not fallen for the scams, or the virus infested zips.....
Thanks for pointing this out because there are some folks that would be curious and click the link, and render harm to themselves in the process.
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bapu
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Re:Scam warning: "Broadcast Music, Inc."
2011/04/27 11:22:56
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Dang, now I have develop a whole new scam. 
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bitflipper
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Re:Scam warning: "Broadcast Music, Inc."
2011/04/27 11:41:33
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What, you're not really the Nigerian Foreign Minister?
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Re:Scam warning: "Broadcast Music, Inc."
2011/04/27 12:15:09
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He's not Mushi Bello, or Richard Zongo....
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craigb
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Re:Scam warning: "Broadcast Music, Inc."
2011/04/27 13:01:23
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But what if there really were $52 million dollars hidden in two crates labeled "Family valuables?"
Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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Re:Scam warning: "Broadcast Music, Inc."
2011/04/27 13:34:59
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Nice catch Bit Forward it to Chris Hansen, he loves to chase em down and I like the shows he produces with it 
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Bub 
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Re:Scam warning: "Broadcast Music, Inc."
2011/04/27 13:46:26
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Guitarhacker
It usually says something like.... We tried to deliver a package to you but the address was wrong, missing, incomplete, etc..... please click the zipped file to see the details of this delivery transaction........
I got one of those emails from Cakewalk, clicked the link, rectified everything, and 3 days later X1 showed up! Man was I sorry! NEVER AGAIN!
"I pulled the head off Elvis, filled Fred up to his pelvis, yaba daba do, the King is gone, and so are you."
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bapu
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Re:Scam warning: "Broadcast Music, Inc."
2011/04/27 13:47:01
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Bub
Guitarhacker
It usually says something like.... We tried to deliver a package to you but the address was wrong, missing, incomplete, etc..... please click the zipped file to see the details of this delivery transaction........
I got one of those emails from Cakewalk, clicked the link, rectified everything, and 3 days later X1 showed up! Man was I sorry! NEVER AGAIN!
PWF!
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Re:Scam warning: "Broadcast Music, Inc."
2011/04/28 00:44:13
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bapu
Bub
Guitarhacker
It usually says something like.... We tried to deliver a package to you but the address was wrong, missing, incomplete, etc..... please click the zipped file to see the details of this delivery transaction........
I got one of those emails from Cakewalk, clicked the link, rectified everything, and 3 days later X1 showed up! Man was I sorry! NEVER AGAIN!
PWF!
Not to Bub.
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Re:Scam warning: "Broadcast Music, Inc."
2011/04/28 00:48:05
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Thanks for the heads up, Bit.
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Guitarhacker
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Re:Scam warning: "Broadcast Music, Inc."
2011/04/28 08:50:06
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My website & music: www.herbhartley.com MC4/5/6/X1e.c, on a Custom DAW Focusrite Firewire Saffire Interface BMI/NSAI "Just as the blade chooses the warrior, so too, the song chooses the writer "
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Re:Scam warning: "Broadcast Music, Inc."
2011/04/28 09:41:58
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Guitarhacker
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Re:Scam warning: "Broadcast Music, Inc."
2011/04/28 10:11:12
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My website & music: www.herbhartley.com MC4/5/6/X1e.c, on a Custom DAW Focusrite Firewire Saffire Interface BMI/NSAI "Just as the blade chooses the warrior, so too, the song chooses the writer "
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Re:Scam warning: "Broadcast Music, Inc."
2011/04/28 11:26:13
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Re:Scam warning: "Broadcast Music, Inc."
2011/04/28 13:56:13
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I'm disappointed..... I'm a member of BMI and I didn't get no stinking email from them...... dang! 
My website & music: www.herbhartley.com MC4/5/6/X1e.c, on a Custom DAW Focusrite Firewire Saffire Interface BMI/NSAI "Just as the blade chooses the warrior, so too, the song chooses the writer "
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