[Owasp-Malaysia] Email Scam In Malay

Sun Oct 10 20:31:19 EDT 2010

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-----Original Message-----
From: Raja Iskandar Shah <rajaiskandars at gmail.com>
To: "Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Malaysia Local Chapter" <owasp-malaysia at lists.owasp.org>
Date: 08-10-2010 16:01
Subject: Re: [Owasp-Malaysia] Email Scam In Malay

most of these scams prey on social behavior : in this case what some people call the 3 'ta's = wanita, harta, takhta 

in this case, the email is 
1. 'sent' by an alluringly named female (wanita) 
2. 'claims' to someone in authority (takhta) 
3. 'promises' the reader 'wealth' (harta) 

it works like a charm to those middle aged people (in their late 30s and early 40s) who feels they are 'stuck' married with a fat spouse and screaming kids. working for a 'heartless' boss, with credit card debts creating a noose around their necks (keliling pinggang). 

maybe someone on this list can create an algorithm based on these 3 'ta's ;p 

On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Hasanuddin Abu Bakar < hasanuddin at sigmarectrix.com> wrote: 

On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Ang Chin Han < ang.chin.han at gmail.com> wrote: 
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Hasanuddin Abu Bakar 
< hasanuddin at sigmarectrix.com> wrote: 
> DNSSEC will come in handy. Standby mister Amir Haris 

I'm behind the times. How does that work? All outgoing emails from 
authorized domains should and could be digitally signed automatically 
by the originating SMTP server with a/the domain key? 

Sort of. you can refer this old article http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/easy-email-sec.html

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