Supposed friends have been sending me lots of electronic greeting cards lately — a dozen in the past few days. Of course, the person mentioned in the cards is a stranger. The From address has been ecards@123greetings.com
The subjects have been:
Your friend sent you an e-card.
New e-card for you.
An E-card from your friend.
You have received an e-card.
Your loved one sent you an e-card.
The text has been variations on the following:
Sheila varius.ultrices@auctor.ca has just sent you an ecard from 123Greetings.com
You can view it by clicking here:
http://www.123greetings.com/send/view/579887:Thanks to our new tracking feature, you can now view all the ecards received by you in the last 14 days.
Click on the link below or copy & paste the link into your browser’s address bar.
http://www.123greetings.com/connect/trackIf you choose you can go to http://www.123greetings.com/ and type your ecard number (2789074877) in the “Search Box” at the top right of the page.
Your ecard is going to be with us for the next 30 days.
Based on user feedback, 123Greetings.com has started 6 new pages with the best ecards in the Most Popular/ Most Viewed/ Highest Rated/ Latest Additions/ Popular Now and Always There Sections listed on the homepage.
http://www.123greetings.com/top/most_popular.html
http://www.123greetings.com/top/most_viewed.html
http://www.123greetings.com/top/highest_rated.html
http://www.123greetings.com/top/latest.html
http://www.123greetings.com/top/popular_now.html
http://www.123greetings.com/top/always_there.htmlIf you need any help in viewing your ecard or any other assistance,
please visit our Help/ FAQ section at: http://help.123greetings.com/We hope you enjoy your ecard,
Your friends at 123Greetings.com
http://www.123greetings.comWe respect your privacy. You will not be receiving any promotional emails from us
because of this ecard. To view our privacy policy, click on the link below:
http://info.123greetings.com/company/privacy_policy.htmlNote: This is an auto generated mail. Please do not reply.
If you have any other problem please contact us by clicking on the following link:
http://help.123greetings.com/contact_us.htmlThis email was sent by 123Greetings.com, Inc., 1674 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.
The first 3 links point to hacked WordPress sites that mean do me harm, such as:
aliceclayton.com/wp-content/plugins/akismet/greet.html
emeraldexpo2012.com/wp-content/plugins/akismet/greet.html
nocoteaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/akismet/greet.html
This site says the links install malware.
This is a fraudulent email sent by an imposter. Do not click on the link or download the attachment.
123Greetings.com does not send any attachment or .exe file link in the email. There is no spurious software/ virus that are associated with any email that you receive from 123Greetings.com. All ecards that are sent using the 123greetings.com system are stored on the 123greetings.com servers. You do not have to install any software to send/ receive and view an ecard from our website.
Please click on the following FAQ links to know the difference between 1egitimate ecard email from 123greetings.com and fraudulent emails sent by any imposter:
http://help.123greetings.com/How-to-tell-the-difference-between-good-and-bad-emails_157.html
http://help.123greetings.com/How-to-differentiate-between-legitimate-ecard-email-and-a-fraudulent-email_156.html
http://help.123greetings.com/Why-am-I-getting-a-Virus-Notice/exe-file-link-when-I-get-a-card-from-123greetingscom_19.html
Note: Please send us the received email as an attachment with full email header part, enabling us to investigate and to take necessary action against the imposter.
Please click on the following link to know how to get an email header. http://www.spamcop.net/fom-serve/cache/19.html
123Greetings.com is trying hard to stop these spamming activities by complaining to SpamCop and other authorities to block the spam originated IPs.