[DX] POSSIBLE E-MAIL FORGERY - FRAUD

[Ron Stordahl]

It's a good idea to do a virus scan now and then...here is free one I 
have used successfully:

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

There are many others..just search for 'virus scan' on google.

Ron N5IN

Peter Hers wrote:

>Hi Alf
>
>Unfortunately this is a very common problem...  There are many viruses
>on the internet which cause this problem.  Once these viruses become
>active on a machine, they send out copies of themselves, sometimes with
>variations, to all or selected email addresses in the user's personal
>address book.  Just to be nasty, they 'spoof' the sender's email address
>as well, again by picking at random from the user's address book, or
>from other random sources.
>
>You may therefore get complaints from your normal correspondents who
>think you are responsible, whereas the real source may be a (possibly
>unsuspecting) third party who has a virus, and who has both yours and
>your correspondent's email addresses in his address book.
>
>If your email address appears in public places, eg: you have your own
>web site, or you are listed on various information services, you may be
>more prone to receiving this kind of interference...  simply because it
>is easier for junk mail/spam generators and viruses to pick up your
>email address.
>
>Where the email generated is a known virus, or can be picked up by
>anti-spam software, you would probably not be aware of the problem...
>This depends on how good your ISP is at dealing with the problem.  But
>it is not an easy problem to solve, and the battleground is continually
>changing.
>
>73
>
>Peter
>ZS6PHD
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dx-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
>Behalf Of Alfred J. Cammarata
>Sent: 29 May 2004 05:14
>To: dx at mailman.qth.net; hq at arrl.org; security at juno.com;
>419.fcd at usss.treas.gov; uce at ftc.gov
>Subject: [DX] POSSIBLE E-MAIL FORGERY - FRAUD
>
>
>Attn:  WEBMASTERS & to the qth.net ham community.
>
> For a few months I have been receiving several e-mails daily - many
>with what appear to be valid amateur e-mail addresses which I have
>searched on QRZ and other directories.  The e-mails contain comments in
>the text such
>as: "funny", "Please stop this it is illegal". 'Can you send me more
>photos?", "Are you sure your figures are correct", "Can you send me more
>information", "How can you do this?" etc accompanied with an attachment.
>
>The forwarded message shows the originator as
>"italiancookbook1 at juno.com".  This is my current e-mail account but I am
>NOT the originator of this nasty material. If anyone has received it, I
>want you to know I am a victim of e-mail forgery and not the originator.
>I have informed my ISP but so far I have had no word from them. I have
>also informed the USSS (US Secret Service and US FTC - Federal Trade
>Commission) because of possisble fraud and violation of Federal
>SPAM/SCAM laws. 
>
>WARNING:  Some of the attachments may contain a virus.  Until I am able
>to resolve this problem. Anyone that receives an e-mail with the
>originator address italiancookbook1 at juno.com with an attachment please
>do not open the attachment.
>
>All e-mails I originate contain my name and callsign at bottom of the
>text as indicated below. Any others you can consider suspect.  Tnx & 73 
>Al 
>
>ALFRED CAMMARATA
>           W3AWU
>
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