[TowerTalk] Information

[Mark Robinson]

How did they get your password ??

I recently had a credit card number stolen and they used it along with my 
e-mail address to open up a USPS account.. They didn't need my e-mail 
password to do that.


Mark N1UK


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf at att.net>
To: "Mark Robinson" <markrob at mindspring.com>; "Jim" 
<dearborn9 at sbcglobal.net>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 15 August, 2012 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Information


>I had the same problem, my address book, email address and password were 
>stolen.
> Just recently I changed my password and spam from my address has stopped.
>
> Once you change your password, all of the messages that the spammer tries 
> to send just get bounced back to him as undeliverable.
>
> Best Regards
> Dan Schaaf
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Mark Robinson
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 7:57 PM
> To: Jim ; towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Information
>
> Yes there are gaping holes in the e-mail system which allows anyone to 
> just
> send out e-mails using someone else's e-mail address.
>
> Mark N1UK
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim" <dearborn9 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, 15 August, 2012 4:29 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Information
>
>
>> Folks to let you know that my 'spam generation' has been a terrible
>> problem for me also. These are NOT being sent by me but originate in
>> many foreign countries. The last session came from Greece. I could spend
>> hours telling you what I have tried to stop these but to no avail. *
>> Supposedly *Yahoo the ONLY common denominator in all of this span
>> generation is working on the situation. If there is a need to
>> ban/moderate me or whatever, I fully understand but I'm unable to stop
>> something that I'm not sending.
>>
>> This is a legitimate post...it seems just watching and attempting to
>> learn is not sufficent activity. Thanks for any understanding
>>
>> Jim-WA9FPT
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