Last week, I received an email from an unknown address that spoke about the expiration of my domain XXXXXX.ORG. The name of the domain owner – yours truly – mentioned in the email was correct. The domain name mentioned too was correct. However, the domain expiry date was not correct and that made me suspicious. Also the fact that the email came from an address that did not seem right.

Given below is the copy of the termination warning email as received by me.

Termination  warning Email

Whenever I get such emails, I always try and check the sender's domain. In this case it was “juhog.com”. The question I ask is – why would someone from this domain send me an email. The red herring's in this case were:

1. The registrar of my domain about which the warning was being given had nothing remotely to do with JUHOG.

2. The domain was good for another few years.

The email was clearly a phishing email, fit for being ignored.

I however did a few things to reconfirm my suspicions. 

I typed juhog.com on my browser. Sure enough there is no website with that name – a good enough indicator that the email and the sender both are bogus.

I then clicked on the Renew Link 

Since I am protected by a good anti virus, I got the following message on my browser

If you receive emails from unknown senders:

1. DO NOT click on links. DEFINITELY NOT if you are not protected by a good anti-virus

2.  Ignore such email Better delete them.

At different points in time, I receive suspicious emails selling Louis Vuitton bags. One such email is given below:

Email selling Louis Vuitton bags

From: Louis Vuitton <lnmjrwlik@gbphni.ru>
Sent: 08 September 2022 14:14
To: sanjiv <xyz@xyz.com>
Subject: Louis Vuitton Bags Up To 90% Off! Top Quality Low Cost! Shop Online Now!</xyz@xyz.com></lnmjrwlik@gbphni.ru>

Louis Vuitton Bags Up To 90% Off!
Top Quality Low Cost!
Shop Online Now!
www.88offbags.com

The funny thing is that when I click on the links, the browser does not display a website, but an error message as below:

[the_ad_group id=”45″]

Another Louis Vuitton email that I received is shown below:

From: Louis Vuitton <6s3i@grpofm.ru>
Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 12:21 AM
To: sanjiv <xyz@xyz.com>
Subject: [New Year Sales] Louis Vuitton Bags Up To 88% Off! Shop Online Now!

Louis Vuitton Bags Up To 88% Off!

Shop Online Now!

www.90off-sales.com

In this case too the result was the same. It did not display any website. I wonder why the sender is wasting his time and bandwidth. Unless, he gets a confirmation that the email to whcih he has the bogus mail is valid. And then he will unleash more dangerous emails.

Moral of the story?

Do not open such emails.

And even if you do, DO NOT click on the links.

To exploit the sexual fantasies of people viagra spam email is flooding email boxes around the world. These emails always contain dangerous links in their body or accompanying images. These fraudulent emails are quite obviously scams and should not be opened if possible. However, if you are using an email client such as outlook, it is possible that you may see the email in the viewing window! Example of such a fraudulent viagra cialis email spam is given below:

And definitely links in this kind of viagra spam email are not to be clicked under any circumstance.

You can build a strong wall that will protect your health

(what a deceptive subject line!)

Safe browsing extensions are the saviors against viagra spam emails

However, if you do click accidentally or intentionally such a viagra phishing email and if you are protected with an antivirus you could still manage to remain safe. In the above example, when I clicked the link , I received the following warning:

The good news is that these days this particular link is broken – perhaps the website no longer exists. That of course does not mean that viagra spam emails will cease to be a menace. They would still be coming to our email boxes linking other dangerous websites.

Always browse with protection

It is important that you have the following on your computing and mobile devices:

1. A good antivirus

2. Safe browsing extension in the browser

It is equally important that:

1. You do not open emails that come from unknown senders. Definitely not such viagra spam emails.

2. Even if you open such a viagra cialis email spam, be wary of the links and attachments within such unsolicited emails. Try not to click on the links in such emails.

3. And even if you feel adventurous and do click on the links in the viagra spam email, ensure that your browser has safe browsing extension activated. And if you do get a warning that the website that you are being taken to is dangerous, DO NOT PROCEED. The fraudulent email sender wants you to do just that. You will end up downloading malware. The damage that it will cause is not worth any good that  viagra may do.

There are online predators that we must all be wary of and we must be on guard against them, always.