On the other hand, with this particular scam, it relies on recipients replying
to ask what's wrong, and then receiving further replies telling them where to
send money. I.e. the spammers need access to that mailbox for the scam to work.
If the email address used is really Richard's then there's a good chance
they've got the password for it. It appears that Yahoo accounts get hacked
regularly.
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of
> Chris Ross
> Sent: Wednesday, 11 September 2013 12:26 PM
> To:
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Purported E-mail from Richard Baxter
>
> 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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