[OKDXA] Bogus Email...

[Mark Beckwith]

Sophisticated ones spoof the IDs of important people in the organization 
like Kim there.  One might think it odd, too, that in an organization 
like this, President. "Kim" did not include his callsign.  They prey on 
the novelty of "the president" contacting you directly.

My admin asst got an email pretending to be from the Chairman of the 
Board once - "I've forgotten the account number, can you send it?" I was 
able to pull the plug on it by complete luck.  All in a day's work.

It was the period after the Chairman's name that got my attention, not 
to mention the absurdity that the chairman forgot the account number, 
requested it by email, and did not contact me directly about it.  The 
period was kind of the icing on the cake.

With warm regards.
Mark Beckwith.




On 2021-05-31 4:10 PM, Jeff Martin wrote:
> I got the email too. I've seen them before. I ignored it... I assume they got email addresses from the officers list, which is open. The roster is closed and requires a login and password. Happy Memorial Day everyone...
> 73,
> Jeff - K5WE
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Kim Elmore
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2021 3:35 PM
> To: Oklahoma DX Association
> Subject: [OKDXA] Bogus Email...
>
> It would appear that someone, at some point, got into our website and
> grabbed a copy of some emails, or the roster, or the officer's list, or
> any number of other sources. If you get an email that looks like this:
>
>> *From:* Kim Elmore <presclub at acorecom.org>
>> *Sent:* Monday, May 31, 2021 12:23 PM
>> *To:* n0ld at arrl.net
>> *Subject:* Memorial's Day Donation
>>
>> Hello Randy,
>>
>> Happy Memorial Day! How are you today? Are you available? I am out of
>> the town, I've got credence in you to take care of this on behalf of
>> the Association.
>>
>> The Oklahoma DX Association, We needs some gift cards for donation to
>> Veterans at Hospice and Palliative care units in respective of the
>> Memorial's Day celebration for preventive items to help aid support
>> for their service and give back to the nation's brave heroes.
>>
>>
>> I have decided to make it a personal duty. I will be responsible for
>> the reimbursement.
>>
>> *Kim Elmore,*
>>
>> *President.*
> It does NOT come from me! It's an attempted scam. Ignore it. Trash it!
> Note that the email address isn't mine.
>
> 73 & CU in the Pileups,
>
> Kim N5OP
>