Hackers are able to spoof addresses. What that means is, they take a known address and make it look like email is coming from it. So if you were [email protected], they could take that address and send out emails and it seems like's it's coming from Betty Boop when it's not. And the contents of the email? It's a link. To what? Who knows. You click it and it could be a virus, malware, phishing scam, etc.
In the last two days, people have reported receiving an email from " [email protected]" Both emails came through as a Forward (Fwd). I'm not clear if there was a subject or they copied a subject from the forum/web board/archive. The ones I had reported were "Passport Question" and "Translation Help." No message was included in the body, only a link to a Word doc (.doc or .docx). If you know how to hover over links, you can tell that they are not what they are supposed to be and you'd know NOT to click it. I have always stated that people must put subjects in the subject line and they MUST explain in the body what the link is and why they sending it to the list. Putting the reason in the subject line and just the link in the body won't cut it. Do NOT do this: Subject: New Records on CITCEM Body: www.BlahBlahBlah.com Do this: Subject: New Records on CITCEM Body: Today I was on CITCEM and I saw new records for Topo on Sao Jorge island. You can access the records here: www.BlahBlahBlah.com No there are no new records on CITCEM. That was just an example. Be careful out there! Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
