MODS PLEASE ALLOW. Possible hackers on staples.com

gittyup

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I placed an order for a few items from staples.com early this week. One of the items came and the other was scheduled for delivery next week. Today, I just got an email from "Staples Cust Supt" telling me that the other item is in back ordered status and I will be notified when it is in stock again. At the bottom of the email was:

ALL YOU ****** ******* ARE BELONG TO US

******* ******* - was the item that I orderded.

I am so sick of this phrase. I called staples and they have no record of an email being sent.

If you ordered from staples.com recently, I would check your CC statement and call staples.com to see if any other items have been bought.
 

gittyup

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I am very serious. No BS. I have called staples.com and they wanted a copy of the email that came in faxed to their legal department immediately.

 

FastEddieG

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gittyup:

Do a "properties" on the email if you use Outlook/Outlook Express. Other programs I am unsure how to check, but check the MESSAGE/EMAIL HEADERS. Find the mail server, ip address, etc that it originated from.

Let us know what you find in the email headers, as that will unlock the key to this.

-Eddie
 

halik

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whats the email adress it came from?
It might be possible You have a troyan on your computer and someone is wiring the data out.
 

spec411

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gittyup...I think the question everyone wants to know is whats the email address from which you received the Staples email???!!

Did it come from xxxx@Staples.com???

Possibly someone just clicked on a link you may have posted, saw your order history and emailed you as a joke....
 

halik

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umm post the whole email header here. I can send email with return adress bill@whitehouse.gov. You want to know where it came from.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
I dont get the zero wing thing....
 

HappyFace

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:|:|:|:|:| All your fried chicken wings are belong to us! :|:|:|:|:|

Hrm, well lets hope nobody hacked Staples! Could you copy + paste the header information here?! \/\/\/
 

ignorus

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In outlook express, click on the email and then press alt-enter. A little properties screen should pop up, click on the details tab. Highlight everything it lists and copy/paste it here. Or click on the message source button and copy & paste the whole email here (remember to erase your personal information before posting it though).

Sort of sounds like someone is playing a joke on you :) Maybe someone who knows what you ordered?