Yeah, like the one supposedly from Paypal, where they ask you to click
their link and confirm your password. Bad idea. You should NEVER have
to give anyone your password, unless you're actually logging in.
Anything else we should watch out for?
-G.H.
--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, mayhem <meurtre_at_e...>
wrote:
> I like the ones that have "daemon" in the return address and say
> "your mail delivery has been failed." They are almost as convincing
> as the ones purporting to be from Earthlink (or Pay Pal) that
> explain I need to mail them my credit card info.
>
> --Q.M.
>
> Hi Olives.
> I just got a MEAN email from an unknown source. The header said
> "returned message" and it had an attachment, which was supposedly
the
> message *I* tried to send. The problem is, I didn't send any
message.
> The attachment was a computer virus instead.
> This email is to give you a heads-up on how nasty people can be.
> PLEASE be careful of any attachments. If you've got a
virus-scanner,
> check all attachments out before opening them. Now might be a good
> time to update your latest virus codes, too.
> More on the subject, in case you were wondering. (Found it on
> Googling "Yahoo returned email".)
> http://www.zyra.org.uk/vir-ret.htm
> Hope this helps.
> -G.H.
>
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