[NLRS] [Mw] Possible phishing scam

[Donn, WA2VOI]

Thanks, Chris.  Didn't know that SurveyMonkey was that wide-spread.  Have gotten several 
responses similar to yours, but I do appreciate the correction/update.

The actual survey sender (originator may be more correct) has been identified: Joe Lynch, 
N6CL.  He could have saved a lot of e-ink if he'd just said so in the body of the survrey. 
Oh, well.

Again, thanks.

73 Donn

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Elmquist" <chrise at pobox.com>
To: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj at netins.net>
Cc: "NLRS Reflector" <NLRS at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: [NLRS] [Mw] Possible phishing scam


>
>
> FWIW, "surveymonkey.com" is a legit cloud service for creating and
> distributing surveys.  I don't know anything about who actually made
> the survey you received but the service itself is quite popular for
> legitimate business purposes, sending surveys to customers, business
> partners, employees, etc.
>
> The HR department where I previously worked used it to poll employees
> on how they thought the company was doing.  I don't think they liked
> the results they got back but they trusted it enough to use for internal
> corporate business.  You have to pay for that kind of use so people also
> trust it enough to pay for.
>
> Chris N0JCF
>
> On Wednesday (02/11/2015 at 12:08PM -0600), Dr. Gerald N. Johnson wrote:
>>
>>
>> First precaution is to set the e-mail program to never automatically open
>> links. Then if you don't recognize the source don't ever click on a link. I
>> mark such stuff as junk training thunderbird to automatically move to the
>> junk folder without my attention.
>>
>> There was a VHF and Above newsletter nigh on 50 or 55 years ago.
>>
>> The redirected links hint at phishing and aren't trustworthy. Many a spam
>> filter would automatically mark them as spam. Many a spam filter triggers on
>> any url.
>>
>> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
>>
>> On 2/11/2015 11:34 AM, Donn, WA2VOI wrote:
>> >I received a highly questionable e-mail requesting my participation in a
>> >"VHF and Above newsletter survey" (the Subject of the e-mail).
>> >
>> >The FROM: address is vhf at ionet.net via surveymonkey.com, which resolves
>> >to member at surveymonkey.com
>> >
>> >The text is below, with all the URLs and links edited to be unusable:
>> >The deleted segments in all three cases are identical, and the typical
>> >(humanly) unreadable jumble of characters.
>> >
>> >I think smart money (even stupid money !) would not touch this... for
>> >several reasons. Even IF (a big IF) its valid, why is the survey
>> >'uniquely tied to this survey and your email address' ? Surveys tend to
>> >be such that responders are NOT identifible, and I certainly don't
>> >respond to any that are not.
>> >
>> >If I'm wrong here, I'll apologize. Convince me. Otherwise, if you get
>> >one of these, take the survey at your own risk. The ONLY ACTION I've
>> >taken is to write this e-mail, and deleted the received one WITHOUT
>> >clicking on any of the URLs / links.
>> >
>> >73 Donn
>> >WA2VOI/0
>> >
>> >
>> >The text of the e-mail:
>> >***
>> >Greetings, Colleagues,
>> >
>> >I am conducting a survey, and your response would be most
>> >https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx? [deleted] appreciated.
>> >
>> >Here is a link to the survey:
>> >https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx? [deleted]
>> >
>> >This link is uniquely tied to this survey and your email address. Please
>> >do not forward this message.
>> >
>> >
>> >Thanks for your participation!
>> >
>> >
>> >Please note: If you do not wish to receive further emails from us,
>> >please click the link below, and you will be automatically removed from
>> >our mailing list.
>> >https://www.surveymonkey.com/optout.aspx? [deleted]
>> >
>> >***
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>> >
>> >
>>
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