[Elecraft] My Predicament

[Brendan Minish]

Actually it may not be a case of his computer compromised, just his
Gmail account.
This can happen in a number of ways other than by having malware running
on your PC.

There have been a significant number of gmail accounts that have been
utilised in this way recently, it's possible that there has been some
vulnerability that has been exploited or it may just be cases of users
not using good quality secure passwords.

73
Brendan EI6IZ  

On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 13:16 -0700, David Gilbert wrote:
> It isn't a security hole in the reflector.  Someone who is subscribed to 
> the reflector has had his/her computer hijacked, mostly likely via some 
> sort of virus, and the virus is sending this crap out to his entire 
> address book without him even knowing it.
> 
> Dave  AB7E
> 
> 
> 
> Matt Palmer wrote:
> > Anyone else get this mail from the elecraft list? Its spam/scam. Can
> > the mods do something to plug their holes.
> >
> >
> > THX.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Rick Klingensmith <klingen2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >   
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Happy new year! How you doing? We made a trip to London (United
> >> Kingdom) unannounced some days back, Unfortunately we got mugged at
> >> gun point last night! All cash, Credit cards and phone were stolen, we
> >> got messed up in another country, stranded in London, fortunately
> >> passport was back in my hotel room. It was a bitter experience and i
> >> was hurt on my right hand, but would be fine. I am sending you this
> >> message cos i don't want anyone to panic, we want you to keep it that
> >> way for now!
> >>
> >> Our return flight leaves in a few hours but I’m having troubles
> >> sorting out the hotel bills, wondering if you could loan me some money
> >> to sort out the hotel bills and also take a cab to the airport about
> >> ($1,500). I have been to the police and embassy here, but they aren't
> >> helping issues, I have limited means of getting out of here, we
> >> canceled our cards already and made a police report, I won’t get a new
> >> card number till I get back home! So I really need your help.
> >>
> >> You could wire whatever you can spare to my name and Location via
> >> Western union, below is all you need:
> >>
> >> Name - Rick Klingensmith
> >>
> >> Location - London, United Kingdom.
> >>
> >> I still have my passport so I can use it as identification, email me the
> >> transfer details and the confirmation # would def refund it to you once
> >> we arrive hopefully tomorrow.
> >>
> >> I await your reply soon.
> >>
> >> Regards
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Brendan EI6IZ