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Complaint Review: ClickingZ IT - Internet
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ClickingZ IT
14350 60th St North Suite: 13389 Internet, USA
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ClickingZ IT ClickingZ.org Threatening Emails/ Scareware Internet
This scammer is harvesting publicly avaialable e-mail addresses from TLDs and contacting the domain owners. An email is then sent to the domain owner using scare tactics to attempt to coerce the domain owner into purchasing unneeded “security” services. Here’s an example of one such attempt:
“Dear (Domain Name Owner),
How are you? I am Fahad Hassen, a php developer working with email security. I am writing to ask whether you are aware that your domain configuration has serious security issues which lets anyone use your email address without your authorization?
This means anyone can use your email address and send emails to anyone of their choice, let it be your business colleagues, friends or anybody for that matter. I do not have to explain the consequences here since it is obvious; It will breach your privacy and could cost you in professional dealings. Just to prove this to you, I can send an email to you from "your email address itself".
Do you want me to send an email to you from your mailbox itself, so you can see the problem?
Fahad Hassen
Security Specialist, Clearwater"
Obviously, the scammer will then send a spoof email with a spoofed “Reply to” line in the hopes that the recipient does not understand how to view an email header and thus be duped into purchasing their “solution”.
Amusing side note: PHP developers working with email security...
1 Updates & Rebuttals
Clickingz IT Solutions
Alabama,no SCAMS here - this is to help setup DMARC
#2REBUTTAL Owner of company
Mon, November 25, 2013
Hello,
This is NOT a scam, and I am simply showing people how easy it is to spoof email and how to prevent the same using SPF, DKIM and DMARC.
People are so naive and instead of "getting" the concept discussed, they doubt everything as illegitimate based on their knowledge levels.
Please refer to: http://youtu.be/6ZyzR1xNV0E
Fahad H
