On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 15:17 -0400, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > > I don't think there will be anything much to report. My friend called > > in. She and her husband were on the phone with Microsoft trying to get > > the account shut down. Unless Microsoft gets in touch with me for more > > data on the emails there will be nothing more. > > Do bear in mind that it's insanely easy to forge "from" headers; unless > they actually ask you to respond to the e-mail address, I'd even put that > down as most-likely hypothesis, barring contradictory evidence in the > headers.
Well, my server accepted the email from a hotmail server. The server headers matched prior legitimate emails. I'm pretty sure they cracked her account. They did not ask for money in the original email. They simply reported being mugged, unable to check out of the hotel without payment, and anxious to catch their flight. When I did not receive a following email looking for money, I sent a message offering to help. That provoked a response with the Western Union details that proved it was a scam. > > > I guess law-enforcement is not nimble enough to deal with these kinds of > > hoaxes. > > Sadly, the general rule is they don't get involved until there's > significant loss incurred. That's not dyed in the wool, but they simply > don't have anything like the resources to go after every phishing attack, > 419 scammer, "lottery winner," etc. Especially since a non-trivial number > of these originate from overseas. The Interwebtubes(tm) sure is a great > thing, but it also makes scammers w-a-y more able to get around. > > $.02, > > -Ken > > > > > > > -- > > Lloyd Kvam > > Venix Corp > > DLSLUG/GNHLUG library > > http://dlslug.org/library.html > > http://www.librarything.com/catalog/dlslug > > http://www.librarything.com/rsshtml/recent/dlslug > > http://www.librarything.com/rss/recent/dlslug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. > > > > > > > -- Lloyd Kvam Venix Corp DLSLUG/GNHLUG library http://dlslug.org/library.html http://www.librarything.com/catalog/dlslug http://www.librarything.com/rsshtml/recent/dlslug http://www.librarything.com/rss/recent/dlslug _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
