Thank you Cheri for the warning. There are so many out there doing these things! It is sad! Thanks for all you do! Sherry Barnhurst
Sent from my iPad > On Jan 3, 2017, at 8:35 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- 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.
