I have received this e-mail seven times already. The one thing that caught my attention immediately is that the name of the "friend" was never mentioned. I also realized one wouldn't be getting an invitation to a funeral from a funeral home, so I deleted all these messages.
Jennifer P.S. My heart goes out to anyone who opened the zip file, for I know it can be costly to fix the damage. On 2/4/14, Mike and jean <[email protected]> wrote: > I apologize for sending this message to this list. I was trying to send it > to another friend of mine who's e-mail address begins with cook. Please > forgive the error and I agree that we should not discuss this message on > this list. Again, please forgive the error. Mike > > Exercise Daily > Walk with God > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Linda Ratzlaff > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 9:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CnD] FW: A new low > > This definitely is not a good thing to receive especially if "you" do open > the zip file and it then ruins your PC , but I hope there is not a lot of > discussion about the whole issue of vile e:mails people receive. This is > after all a cooking list. I don't want to receive a whole big discussion > on > > this topic. Does anyone??? > Linda > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike and jean > Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2014 6:51 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CnD] FW: A new low > > > > Exercise Daily > Walk with God > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joni Colver [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2014 6:05 PM > To: Jean Sutton > Subject: A new low > > I just got the most vile virus email I have ever seen. > > The subject for mine was Eubank Funeral Home Death and Funeral > Announcement. > > Here is an example from Snopes: > > Eubank Funeral Home & Cremation Services > > For this unprecedented event, we offer our deepest prayers of condolence > and > > invite to you to be present at the celebration of your friends life service > on Thursday, January 23, 2014 that will take place at Eubank Funeral Home > at > > 11:00 a.m. > > Please find invitation and more detailed information about the farewell > ceremony here. > > Best wishes and prayers, > Funeral home receptionist, > Joseph Swanson > > Origins: In January 2014, Internet users began receiving e-mails from > various funeral homes with attention-getting subject lines such as "Passing > of your > friend," messages that informed recipients a "dear friend" had passed away > and invited them to attend that person's upcoming funeral or memorial > service. > The messages provided a hyperlink (on the word "here") for readers to > click in order to obtain detailed information about the date and location > of > > the > service. > > However, that link actually pointed to a foreign web site and initiated the > download of a ZIP file (e.g., FuneralProcession.zip); users who attempted > to > open and view that ZIP file ended up executing a malicious file (e.g., > FuneralProcession.exe) which installed a Trojan on their PCs. > > Joni > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
