[Elecraft] Beware of junk mail: "four pictures to you from Elecraft List"

[jerry]

The email address means little.  Email systems will accept whatever you
type in.  What's more meaningful is the originating IP address.  That's
hard to fake.  Most mailers have a "show headers" feature so you can see
all the machines that the email passed through.

            - Jerry, KF6VB


On 2024-01-02 14:26, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> This underlines how important it is to use an e-mail program that
> displays the originating address.  That "you've won a ..."  e-mail
> from a major retailer is quickly revealed to be from some obscure
> address (not Home Depot or Walmart, after all).  A couple of days ago,
> I received a message purportedly from a relative of my sister-in-law,
> who passed away last fall.  Happily, the originating address was a
> giveaway - "Amanda Rosman <alberto.garciaga at alumno.buap.mx>".
> 
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> 
> On 1/2/2024 4:13 PM, Dave wrote:
>> I don't know if anyone else on the Elecraft list is receiving this
>> nonsense, but I have reported it for enforcement action to the UK
>> Government reporting centre.
>> 
>> 73 Dave G4AON
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