[Coco] OT - Spam and Phishing

[Bill Nobel]

I get these types of email a lot as well, Steve, I am a Apple technician and I get emails all the time about my account being disabled, modified, suspended and such, that don’t come from Apple. I don’t think it is coming from your friend, but someone has a contact/profile on you.

I have my account verified by a 2 level security so I know it is fake.

Bill Nobel


> On Jan 5, 2016, at 10:50 PM, Steve Ostrom <smostrom7 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Sorry to make this off-topic post, but I have a question about spam and phishing, and know many of you are computer experts, and there is a slight lull in the Coco conversation right now.
> 
> Yesterday I received an e-mail, supposedly from a friend and recent co-worker.  It looked odd so I did not open it, but right clicked the message to look at the properties.  It showed,
> 
> "Kimberly Bombard" <rlee at greenwoodtel.com>
> Subject: FWD: new product
> 
> It was obviously bogus and spoofing my friend's name.  Should I write an e-mail to "rlee" and tell that person it looks like his or her computer has been hacked and is being used to send out spam? My computer is pretty well protected against invasion, and I'm quite careful about where I go on-line. Where is the most likely leak so this spammer knew Kim and I were friends? Kim's computer or mine, knowing that I received this e-mail from her and she did not receive the e-mail from me?  She is listed in my contacts as "Kim Bombard", not Kimberly, but her work e-mail address in my contacts is Kimberly.Bombard at ...".
> 
> Comments?  And I apologize again for the OT.
> 
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