[TowerTalk] Fwd: Unwanted crap msgs

[David Gilbert]

True.  It does not require that your computer be hacked, although it 
likely was if the spam messages get sent to addresses in your address book.

73,
Dave   AB7E



On 3/31/2012 1:06 PM, HansLG at aol.com wrote:
> 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 at bellsouth.net
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Sent: 3/29/2012  12:52:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
> Subj: Re: [TowerTalk] Unwanted crap  msgs
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> 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
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> 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
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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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