The sad thing is that "they" only have to know your e-mail address to make
the spams. "They" can fake it all in their own server. You will only know
you were hit if some of the e-mails come in return.
Hans - N2JFS
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From: bmarx@bellsouth.net
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Sent: 3/29/2012 12:52:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Re: [TowerTalk] Unwanted crap msgs
Phishing attempts that are successful, such as this one, are usually
easily remedied, by changing the email password. That is if it does
happen to you.
Bill Marx W2CQ
On 3/29/2012 10:16 AM, Al Kozakiewicz wrote:
> I doubt it was you at all. I looked at the original message header and
it came from a yahoo server, not sbcglobal.
>
> Unless contesting.com takes some measure to validate that messages
actually originate from a server authorized to send on behalf of a domain,
anyone with a PC on the internet can install an SMTP server and send email to
tower talk appearing to be from Jim McLaughlin.
>
> Al
> AB2ZY
>
> ________________________________________
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim McLaughlin
[dearborn9@sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 12:48 AM
> To: TowerTalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Unwanted crap msgs
>
> I'm really sorry. I got hijacked by some means. Trying to do something
about it. 73
>
> Jim- WA9FPT
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