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    Interesting URL in PayPal Phish

    OK, I amnot unfamiliar with these ype of scams and was not fooled by the e-mail, however what I am intrigued by is the URL (if thats what it is) for the scammers site. I (and a few others I have asked) have never seen anything like it before. The link in the e-mail takes you to http://3562341948:82/webscrr/index.php now I know all about the colon that indicates which port to connect to before anyone says that, but what kind of address is 3562341948 it is not an IP address that I am familiar, besides if you ping/tracert it resolves to another IP, nor is it any form of URL I am familiar with, I thought they all had to end in some sort of .com/.org/.etc would anyone here be nice enough to tell me what this address is? Also while you are here why not try filling out that page with random details just to waste a little more of the scammers time:-)



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    Subject: New email address added to your PayPal account !
    Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 10:07:20 -0500
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    boundary="--6732814673143671"
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    Content-Type: text/html;
    Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

    <HTML>
    <HEAD>
    <META NAME=3D"GENERATOR" Content=3D"Microsoft DHTML Editing Control">
    <TITLE></TITLE>
    </HEAD>
    <BODY>
    <P><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D"2">You have added <A href=3D"http://=
    3562341948:82/webscrr/index.php">
    <FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D"2">skramer396@yahoo.com</A> as a new em=
    ail address for<br> your
    PayPal account.<br></p></FONT>

    <P><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D"2">If you did not authorize this cha=
    nge or if you need assistance<br> with
    your account, please contact PayPal customer service at:<br></p></FONT>

    <P><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D"2"><A href=3D"http://3562341948:82/w=
    ebscrr/index.php">
    <FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D"2">https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/we=
    bscr=3D_email-login</A><br></p></FONT>
    <P><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D"2">Thank you for using PayPal!<br>
    The PayPal Team</p></FONT><br>
    <P><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D"2">Please do not reply to this e-mai=
    l. Mail sent to this address cannot<br> be
    answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose<br> the=

    "Help" link in the header of any page.<br></p></FONT>
    -----------------------------------------------------------------<br>
    <PRE><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D"2"> PROTECT YO=
    UR PASSWORD</FONT><br></PRE>

    <P><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D"2">NEVER give your password to anyon=
    e and ONLY log in at<br>
    <A href=3D"http://3562341948:82/webscrr/index.php">
    <FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D"2">https://www.paypal.com/</A></FONT>.<=
    FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D"2"> Protect yourself against fraudulent =
    websites<br>
    by opening a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) <br>and =
    typing
    in the PayPal URL every time you log in to your account.<br></p></FONT>
    -----------------------------------------------------------------<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <p><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D"2">PayPal Email ID PP913137</p></fon=
    t>
    </BODY>=20

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    Also while you are here why not try filling out that page with random details just to waste a little more of the scammers time:-)
    Hi,
    Probably not a good idea to go to sites linked to in suspected phishing emails. If you have an unpatched vulnerability or there is a zero-day exploit that they know about and you don't it could mean trouble for you. Going to their site means you're walking on their home ground.
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    I believe that it is the IP address in decimal notation.

    Using the tools found here: http://www.dnsstuff.com/

    It appears to resolve to the London Borough of Hillingdon


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    Interesting.... wget recognizes or translates this as an IP address and the site is still online.
    C:\temp>wget http://3562341948:82/webscrr/index.php
    --22:22:52-- http://3562341948:82/webscrr/index.php
    => `index.php'
    Connecting to 3562341948|212.85.6.60|:82... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
    Length: unspecified [text/html]

    [ <=> ] 16,639 45.96K/s

    22:22:53 (45.88 KB/s) - `index.php' saved [16639]
    Thanks for the site Nihil.

    I pulled the page down and am analyzing it and I'm not finding any URLs in there but a lot of what looks to be encoded addresses. Anyone know what these mean? (spaces inserted to avoid formatting probs)
    h r e f=(double quote)5v6fw20lpt1t4ypk7o8tjpu1b9h72zgqt8lnak0ficbz392u3fc(double quote)
    h r e f=(double quote)?cmd=goiys8qptwgalzkoq7dcapq0w0zwn4z85w2oew3a4tchawq9ltl(double quote)

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    Hey Hey,

    nihil is indeed correct that it's an IP Address in decimal notation.... Check out http://www.iowight.com/iwindex/decimal.php3 for more information

    ric-o: These are just links to other pages.... Usually sites like paypal have cmd= or a large session key.... they're just trying to mimic this... because there's no http:// it'll just be appended onto the current site... that's why it looks really messed up... their just trying to make it harder for anti-phishers to investigate... but it's not really bothering anyone except the end-users... but I guess that's the real problem..

    You can do something like

    Peace,
    HT

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    Deobfusicated URL: http://212.85.6.60:82/webscrr/index.php
    Plain IP: 212.85.6.60
    Webserver Port: 82
    WHOIS Results: http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois....e.net&email=on
    Abuse Email: abuse@equinoxsolutions.com

    I've reported it to the abuse address. And signed up with some fake data just to annoy the phisher. Making sure I used my LiveCD with my HDD unplugged on my second computer, just to be safe.

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    Google Anti-phishing thing in ff works good.
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    Thanks for the feedback guys, I have never heard of an IP address in decimal notation before, I guess you do learn something new every day. Hmmmm... London thats interesting, you sort of assume these sites are all based in nigera (nothing against nigerians, it just seems to be where all the paypal/ebay/bank scams come from). I suppose I could ring the police and let them know, but then again, I have rang them before when someone had thousands taken from their account and they wasn't interested until the bank contacted them. I am also aware that just because the server is based in london (if thas correct) it doesn't necesarily mean the scammers are there. Once again thanks for the info!
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    Hi C0br4,

    London thats interesting, you sort of assume these sites are all based in nigera (nothing against nigerians, it just seems to be where all the paypal/ebay/bank scams come from). I suppose I could ring the police and let them know
    Actually the webserver could be anywhere, it just needs to be vulnerable for these guys to use it.

    We had a member post only two or three days ago about his games server being compromised in a similar fashion. IIRC he was located in the USA.

    I think that these people work in a very similar way to spammers. They would particularly look for .gov (which the Hillingdon borough council will be) and .edu domains, for example, as there is a good chance that they are unmanned and unmonitored over the weekend?

    Once the punter has visited the site, and entered the info. the damage has been done.


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    Originally posted here by Chazwazza1337
    I've reported it to the abuse address. And signed up with some fake data just to annoy the phisher. Making sure I used my LiveCD with my HDD unplugged on my second computer, just to be safe.
    Cool. I reported it to the Fried Phish folks at CastleCops - http://www.castlecops.com/pirt

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