Yahoo seems particularly bad Sonja - Google "yahoo email account hacked"!
Seems there have even been Youtube videos showing how to do it!
On 11 September 2013 13:44, Sonja Ross <> wrote:
> I 've had my Yahoo account hacked, but I don't think it's only Yahoo, but
> also Hotmail, and I did hear that Gmail was also. It's a pity that these
> people didn't use their brains for something useful!
>
>
> On 11/09/2013, at 1:20 PM, Peter Shute <> wrote:
>
> > 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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