Hi all,
it is not necessarily the email account of the "sender" that is
compromised. Often these emails originate from other computers where
the malware will harvest the address book and send out spoof emails
which are basically designed to put people off guard. They can even
be harvested from birding-aus at it displays the sender's email
address. This link explains things a bit better:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spoofing
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spoofing>
By all means Richard should check his account but it may not be the
source. Ultimately it requires vigilance to properly review emails
and not click on links that you are not sure about, Spam programs do a
lot but they are not 100% foolproof. Normally grammar combined what
they asking you to do will allow you to pick a dodgy email regardless
of spoofing.
regards,
Chris Ross
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