Phishing bait: E-mail notification from Crosby & Higgins law firm about a copyright infringement case.
Example: [Collected via e-mail, March 2010]
From: Reyna Ellison
Sent: Wed Mar 24 02:26:40 2010
Subject: Lawsuit filed against you.
March 20, 2010
Crosby & Higgins
350 Broadway, Suite 300
New York, NY 10013
To Whom It May Concern:
On the link bellow is a copy of the lawsuit that we filed against you in court on
Currently the Pretrail Conference is scheduled for
The case number is 3485934. The reason the lawsuit was filed was due to a completely inadequate response from your company for copyright infrigement that our client Daughters of Columbus is a victim of Copyright infrigement:
https://www.daughtersofcolumbus.com/suit/complaint.doc
Daughters of Columbus has proof of multiple Copyright Law violations that they wish to present in court on
Sincerely,
Mark R. Crosby
Crosby & Higgins LLP
Origins: In March 2010 spammed e-mails went out purporting to be notices of copyright infringement lawsuits sent by the New York law firm of
Crosby & Higgins sent no such notices; the messages were phishing schemes intended to lure recipients into clicking on links contained within them in order to trigger the installation of malware.
Like hundreds of other innocent firms that have been victimized by phishing
As many of you are probably aware by now, Crosby & Higgins LLP has become the latest victim in what is now an urgent problem in internet
Last updated: 24 March 2010