[OKDXA] Bogus Messages

[Dave Ratliff]

Bogus ARRL.net messages circulating via e-mail (Mar 3, 2004) -- Several
members have notified ARRL that they have received e-mail messages alleging
to be from the ARRL E-Mail Forwarding Service, "The ARRL.net team" or some
variation. The messages, which often carry a subject line along the lines of
"Warning about your e-mail account," indicate that the recipient's ARRL
E-Mail Forwarding Service <call sign>@arrl.net address will be closed within
three days because of an alleged violation of acceptable practices. These
messages are false and did not come from The ARRL Forwarding Service. They
are the result of one of the variants on a number of viruses now permeating
the Internet. A file usually is attached to these messages. As always, do
not open any attachments that you cannot identify. Opening the file could
result in your computer being infected by a virus. This is only one of the
several virus-laden messages currently propagating across the Internet. The
ARRL advises its members to be cautious in opening any message and/or
attachment, even if it appears to be from someone you know. All of these
viruses use e-mail addresses from the address book of an infected computer
to falsify the "From:" address in the header to make it appear that the
message is from someone the recipient knows.