[AMRadio] SPAM on AMRadio

Fri Apr 6 10:44:46 EDT 2012

HI Dave:   It is always difficult to determine exactly what some one means 
by these messages. But, to fully clarify, I said nothing derogatory about 
Ebay.   My issue is pay pal request for my bank account numbers as they 
somehow after all this time do not trust me. Guess I should have provided 
the bank account numbers to all of the nigerians that wanted to give me 
money.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Knepper" <collinsradio at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" 
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Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 7:14 AM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] SPAM on AMRadio


> Funny how millions of us are almost completely satisfied with Ebay!
>
> Can you imagine a world without Ebay - I would have to stand in the rain 
> or
> freeze my dupa off at Dayton so I could tempt someone to buy what I could
> have sold on Ebay.  Long live Ebay.
>
> David Knepper, W3CRA/W3ST
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bernie Doran" <qedconsultants at embarqmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service"
> <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 6:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] SPAM on AMRadio
>
>
>>A bit off the main topic but FYI. I have been buying goodies on Ebay for
>> about seven years using pay pal. started getting email telling me that I
>> was
>> approaching my spending limit of 10,000. and that I had to be verified 
>> for
>> security to identify who I am, by providing a bank account number, after
>> numerous calls did reach someone that said ignore the email it is
>> phishing.
>> a few weeks ago they did cut off my buying completely ,again asking for
>> bank
>> account number.   Numerous emails  stating that I can provide credit
>> rating,
>> profession registration, drivers license, etc to identify who I am get
>> only
>> an automated response to provided bank account number. did reach one
>> person
>> that said FAX info to a bad telephone number!
>>
>> They have the worst customer service that I have ever encountered, almost
>> as
>> if they intend to antagonize.   Also not sure how it happened but last
>> summer my credit card( the pay pal had) was being used around California
>> and
>> it had to be canceled, pay pal is in CA.  Sorry if this is off topic, but
>> I
>> thought I would share.   Bernie
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Thomas Bewick" <tombewick at gmail.com>
>> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service"
>> <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 10:12 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] SPAM on AMRadio (Was Re: amradio at mailman.qth.net
>> hi)
>>
>>
>>> Just a little FYI on this kind of thing.
>>> It does not always mean the account has been hacked, the spamers can
>>> obtain email address from the group list and send out emails under
>>> that address without actually gaining access to the account. I think
>>> this is used more often then a hacked account.
>>>
>>> The following is copied and pasted from Yahoo's help pages on this
>>> matter;
>>>
>>> "Determining if your Yahoo! Mail address has been forged
>>>
>>> Most mail systems make it easy for the sender of an email to change
>>> the From field that appears in the headers of an email. This may make
>>> it (falsely) appear that the email came from your own email address.
>>> This is a tactic commonly used by spammers to decieve the recipient as
>>> to the true origins of the email.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, there is no industry-wide technical solution to this
>>> problem. Yahoo! (or any other email provider for that matter) is not
>>> able to prevent its domain name from being forged in the headers of an
>>> email message, nor is it possible to prevent the misuse of an email
>>> address within forged headers. Individuals are strongly discouraged
>>> from forging the Yahoo! domain; and if fraud is identified,
>>> appropriate action will be taken as necessary.
>>>
>>> To determine if the email have been forged, you will first have to
>>> find out who sent the email. Yahoo! includes the originating Internet
>>> Protocol (IP) address in the full Internet headers of all messages
>>> sent through Yahoo! Mail so that we will have information regarding
>>> the origin of messages sent through our system. The originating IP
>>> address should be located in the very last Received line of the full
>>> headers and corresponds to the sender's Internet service provider
>>> (ISP). For further assistance, please view our help article explaining
>>> how to view full email headers.
>>>
>>> Once you have identified the IP address, you can conduct an IP lookup
>>> to determine which ISP provides this person with Internet access. One
>>> such lookup tool you may want to try can be found at
>>> http://whois.arin.net/ui/.
>>>
>>> You can then attempt to contact that ISP to see if they may be able to
>>> take appropriate action in regards to their user.
>>>
>>> For additional information on ways to protect your information online,
>>> please visit the Yahoo! Security Center."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/5/12, W5AMI <ars.w5ami at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Those of you that have Yahoo email accounts, please be aware of this:
>>>>
>>>> It seems Yahoo and a few other online email services are having
>>>> trouble again with people hacking into others email accounts and
>>>> sending SPAM.  The email below is an example of this that slipped
>>>> through and got posted to the list.  Since this is basically an
>>>> unmoderated list in regard to letting emails go through without
>>>> approval from the members, we don't catch these.
>>>>
>>>> The person below did not know his account was being used, so may be
>>>> unaware of this issue.
>>>>
>>>> In the meantime, I have marked his account individually with a
>>>> moderator bit, which will cause any posting he makes to be held until
>>>> approved by me or one of the moderators.
>>>>
>>>> If YOU have a Yahoo email account that you use for this list, and
>>>> suddenly you see your posts are not going through right away, it is
>>>> possible we have turned on your mod bit due to an email coming through
>>>> to this list you were not aware of.  My best suggestion is for all who
>>>> use Yahoo, to complain about this right away.  This has been an
>>>> ongoing problem for going on two years now, especially with Yahoo
>>>> accounts.  I sometime wonder if they are not selling account info of
>>>> their holders.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for understanding and sorry for the SPAM that came through.
>>>>
>>>> 73
>>>> Brian / w5ami
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 1:42 PM,  <w4bni at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> whats up amradio at mailman.qth.net I'm now a new man
>>>>> http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> stay in touch
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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