Would you open this attachment?

[Big Dave]

Does this look legit?

206950

Looks a wiffey to me.

[Mom]

Friggen big certificate if it needs to be zipped. I would delete that sucker :yes:

[mashman]

did you send one back to customer services to validate it? Bit surprising there isn't more of a fanfare and a FROM name... I don't use iTunes so haven't received one before...

[Sparky Mark]

Nah, nothing looks legit about it at all. You might want to go to the iTunes website and see if they've got anything under hoaxes.

I get heaps like that, had one this morning from DHL... which wasn't DHL.

If it were me I'd delete it.

[Big Dave]

did you send one back to customer services to validate it? Bit surprising there isn't more of a fanfare and a FROM name... I don't use iTunes so haven't received one before...

Good idea. Either clever infecting or a 364 - 1 shot. It is my Birthday.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I got one and I dont use iTunes either. straight to the pool room

[SPman]

I got one, ostensibly from gmail, saying they were rearranging their servers and requesting "confirmation" of my login name, password, address, and other stuff - bank account, I think and if I didn't do that, I'd be disconnected in 9 hrs! It all looked very convincing. I just forwarded it to google and deleted it, but, I wonder how many people would have been sucked in?

[Pussy]

There's a Paypal one doing the rounds, too

[Pussy]

... luckily, with this Rolex that I've got, and my HUGE hard wanger... I don't have to worry about it....

[Mom]

Just today I have received 2 from Trade Me, 2 from Kiwi Bank and one from some random bloke. All with .zip attachments or hyperlinks to follow. Junk mail filter puts them in the trash. I got a couple of DHL ones the other day too.

[EJK]

If it's fake, I'm suprised. Fool-proof email address tho.

[EJK]

I got one, ostensibly from gmail, saying they were rearranging their servers and requesting "confirmation" of my login name, password, address, and other stuff - bank account, I think and if I didn't do that, I'd be disconnected in 9 hrs! It all looked very convincing. I just forwarded it to google and deleted it, but, I wonder how many people would have been sucked in?

The $500,000 lady :lol:

[george formby]

Anything unsolicited = junk. For $50 I would check with i-tunes first though. I have lost a computer after the facebook hoax e-mails. Wiped half the registry... I thought I had it cleaned & back up to scratch but the viruses were back within 12 hours. Grrrrrr

[JimO]

i have been getting those plus some from UPS according to xtra they have a virus

[spajohn]

I've not received a legit one before so not sure what it should look like, but a zipped attachment doesn't seem right. The instructions from apple to redeem a genuine gift is:
"In the subsequent screen, enter your gift certificate number printed on the front of a paper certificate, or the certificate number in your emailed certificate, in the field."

You would also expect there to be a senders name of someone you know and a personal message.

[rainman]

Check the mail headers?

Looks a bit suspect to me, but I'm a cynical bastard and tend not to believe it when people claim to give me things for free.

[Bald Eagle]

My two basic rules for email

1. If I don't recognise sender = delete
2. If I wasn't expecting it = delete
3. If it means work = delete

no problem

[Mully]

Pfft, open it.

What's worst that could happen? Don't you graphics people all run Macs anyway?

Happy Birthday BTW.

[Gareth123]

That email is like a street walker. It looks promising but all you'll really end up with is a big case of herpes! - Stay away from it!

[SPman]

Try this site
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/

[Thaeos]

It's a trojan: http://blog.mxlab.eu/2010/05/07/thank-you-for-buying-itunes-gift-certificate-email-contains-trojan/

[Big Dave]

Cool - gonzo thanks.

I bought me the Anika Moa album anyway.

[LBD]

I am getting a few DHL ones as well.... scanning the attachment with AVG advises it contains a virus...so I delete them.

[Gubb]

I got the same one too BD. It's bogus. Showed up on my virus scan.

[Indiana_Jones]

<img src="http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2009/04/23/ba-brian_boitano_421936727.jpg">

What would Brian Boitano do?

-Indy

[Slyer]

I got an email saying I need to verify my non-existent world of warcraft account.