[TowerTalk] Unwanted crap msgs

[Bill]

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.
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> 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.
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> Al
> AB2ZY
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> ________________________________________
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim McLaughlin [dearborn9 at sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 12:48 AM
> To: TowerTalk at 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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