Posted September 23, 200816 yr I've just had an email, title: 2 minutes away from winning £500 worth of Megastore vouchers From Chelsea Football Club, apparently. However, check the header and you'll see it's actually from ChelseaFC@c-f-1.com. Go to www.c-f-1.com and you're taken to http://app.communicator.com which displays a pdf file entitled: Permission Email Communication Policy - Anti Spam. What's even stranger is that another pdf file opened in another window - a setup guide for my new ISP. Point of all this of course, is if you get one of these emails, delete the f**king thing.
September 23, 200816 yr I've had the same e-mail - I get loads of spam on a regular basis but a bit odd if this one is targetted at members of this forum.
September 23, 200816 yr Not from here mate. No attacks on the server, no admin entries. Have you all signed up to something on Chelsea's site? Strange it's a Chelsea ad only targeting Chelsea fans with a megastore scam?
September 23, 200816 yr Author No problem. The thing with that particular email was it looked genuine at a first and even second casual glance - I doubt very much whether it was targeted at members of this forum though, more likely Chelsea supporters. The one I received arrived at an ancient Tiscali address, one I only keep because it's got Chelsea in the name, but haven't used for years because it's such a spam-magnet.
September 23, 200816 yr Sorry mate, wasn't suggesting anything coming from this site, just wondering why something so specific has got through - probably something to do with CFC.
September 23, 200816 yr I've got it plus another one from a few days back from the same address flogging the Portsmouth match only on Chelsea TV. Could they be genuine?
September 23, 200816 yr Author I've got it plus another one from a few days back from the same address flogging the Portsmouth match only on Chelsea TV. Could they be genuine? Well put it this way. If you follow the HTML Link in the second email, you'll see what looks like a half-finished page that includes this Enter Now link. And if you follow that, you're asked to download a file called askiaext.dll Oh and from the email: For your chance to win £500 worth of Megastore vouchers simply fill in the below online questionnaire. Does that sound like an official Chelsea FC communication to you?
September 23, 200816 yr Isn't "ChelseaFC@c-f-1.com" the official sender address for mass mails from the club/megastore?
September 23, 200816 yr It is a marketing company working on behalf of Chelsea I reckon, just done a whois check. Just maybe their methods are not always the best.
September 23, 200816 yr Author I think you're right. I've done a little research and found the same company has a bit of a name for crap marketing. So for dodgy read: "if the club want a competition or a survey, surely they could afford to pay someone to do it properly". Because this lot sure as hell ain't.
September 23, 200816 yr Shall we continue tradition and blame Kenyon? No I shall write to them and offer our services... at a cost!!
