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Best Buy Scam and from Doortje_Catherine

Once again, I have a received an email saying that an order I have placed at Best Buy with my credit card was noted as being suspicious. What is suspicious in this is, this is NOT from best buy. Also, note the "return" address. Rocketmail.com. I have forward this (headers and all) to Best Buys fraud department, rocketmail, and a few other places for illegal sites such as this. Please don’t fall prey to this fraud!
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The email reads:

Dear customer,

Recently we have received an order made by using your personal credit card information.
This order was made online at our official BestBuy website on 06/19/2003.
Our Fraud Department has some suspicions regarding this order and we need you to visit a special Fraud Department page at our web store where you can confirm or decline this transaction by providing us with the correct information.
Your e-mail address has been taken from National Credit Bureau.

Click the link below to visit a special Fraud Department page to resolve the cause of the problem.
BestBuy.com/fraud_department.html

——– Original Message ——–
From: - Thu Jun 19 21:24:19 2003
X-UIDL: 6jK"!h!W"!Dg<"!ZGC"!
X-Mozilla-Status: 1001
X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000
Return-Path:
Received: from 12.228.126.154 (12-228-126-154.client.attbi.com [12.228.126.154]) by tranq1.tranquility.net (8.12.9/8.11.1) with SMTP id h5K2CokW043309 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 21:12:52 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from Doortje_Catherine@rocketmail.com)
Received: from 12.228.126.154 (12.228.126.154 [12.228.126.154]) by 12.228.126.154 (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id msbcyy977794 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2003 01:20:48 -0400 (EST)
Message-ID:
From: "Maurine Atl"
To:
Subject: BestBuy Order #1095619. Fraud Alert.
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 01:20:46 -0400 (EST)

Dear customer,

Recently we have received an order made by using your personal credit card information.
This order was made online at our official BestBuy website on 06/19/2003.
Our Fraud Department has some suspicions regarding this order and we need you to visit a special Fraud Department page at our web store where you can confirm or decline this transaction by providing us with the correct information.
Your e-mail address has been taken from National Credit Bureau.

Click the link below to visit a special Fraud Department page to resolve the cause of the problem.
BestBuy.com/fraud_department.html

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ORDER# 1095619 - STATUS: SUSPENDED
ITEMS PURCHASED
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Item No: 73890
CDA-9815 In-Dash CD Player/Ai-Changer Controller
Price: $387.65 Qty: 2 Total: $775.3
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The order listed above has not yet been processed.
The reason for the delay in processing your order is:

- UNVERIFIED SHIPPING ADDRESS

- Information provided:
Shipping
41 WINHAM ST
Staten Island, NY 10306
United States
phone# 206-337-9843

In our effort to deter fraudulent transactions, we need your help in providing us with the correct information. Your prompt response is needed to avoid any unauthorized charges to your credit card.

Click the link below to visit a special Fraud Department page to resolve the cause of the problem.
BestBuy.com/fraud_department.html

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