Phishing, and Viruses, and other BS that I did not send !

Frank

Frank

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Oct 12, 2008
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Balboa 22 Fort Gibson Lake
If you recently received a message from me with the subject line reading : Re: Look what I found here, I did NOT send it. Sorry, I don't know how they do it, they have obviously gained access to my address book. I wouldn't have known it, except that one or two were "undeliverable"
MSG Frank Gallardo Jr.
U.S. Army Special Forces Retired

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btfag0s

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Sep 13, 2002
203
There have been a few recently that I've moderated out which is why
they haven't appeared in the group.
They don't need to be very clever .. you've just posted your entire
address book to the world. I suggest you use BCC in future.

Alisdair
 
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imbissfrank

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Mar 28, 2011
261
Jeez ! I guess that's the price one pays for being a dinosaur !! :-(MSG Frank Gallardo Jr.
U.S. Army Special Forces Retired

From: "yahoo@..." yahoo@...
To: AlbinVega@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [AlbinVega] Phishing, and Viruses, and other BS that I did not send !
There have been a few recently that I've moderated out which is why
they haven't appeared in the group.
They don't need to be very clever .. you've just posted your entire
address book to the world. I suggest you use BCC in future.

Alisdair
 
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btfag0s

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Sep 13, 2002
203
Nope, my 20 year old tech-savvy son's been caught the same way .. the
bad guys aren't fussy

Alisdair
 
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j.hunter9999

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Oct 30, 2019
574
Hi Frank,

If you are using a mail program on your computer, like Mac Mail or Outlook (or another), you likely have a virus on your computer. The virus might only be sending the spam emails. However, there is some pretty insidious malware (like the Kol bot) out there right now that delivers multiple payloads, including spam senders, key loggers, bank login credential stealers, SNS and others. You should make sure your computer is checked out and the malware removed. I would recommend re-imaging the hard drive; however, you might lose some data. If you do that, definitely consider going back to an image date prior to the date you noticed the spam.

Hope that helps.

Jack
Bella - V2620
 
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