[Coco] OT - Spam and Phishing

[Salvador Garcia]

Hi, I definitely would not email "rlee". Doing that will provide your email to him (or her). One possibility is that Kim's computer got infected, the malware looked up her contacts list and found you and used the "rlee" mail address as a source. The best you can do is give Kim a head's up in case she is infected. Gawd, I hate these people that make malware or in any way want to bring us harm! Regards!
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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Ostrom <smostrom7 at comcast.net>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tue, Jan 5, 2016 10:51 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] OT - Spam and Phishing

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 productIt 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.--- Steve ----- Coco mailing listCoco at maltedmedia.comhttps://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco