Not surprised. We talk to consumers all the times about phishing scams.
Sandra Fouts Phone Counselor Arkansas Attorney General's Office 323 Center Street, Ste 200 Little Rock, AR 501-371-2303 Fax 501-682-8118 -----Original Message----- From: Baracco, Andrew W [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 10:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Alert to all AOL users It's not just AOL. I am a Roadrunner customer, and saw that message this morning. Andy -----Original Message----- From: Sandra Fouts [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 8:17 AM To: '[email protected]'; [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: Alert to all AOL users And whatever you do, don't reply to the emails or click on any of the links theymay give you. You don't want viruses or spyware and if you reply to it, then they know they have a vallid email address. Sandra Fouts Phone Counselor Arkansas Attorney General's Office 323 Center Street, Ste 200 Little Rock, AR 501-371-2303 Fax 501-682-8118 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 10:06 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Alert to all AOL users Hi Listers sending to all related lists there is someone out there using AOL addresses sending out a message that says second notice your federal tax payment has been rejected. I have gotten over 70 or 80 or more of the bounce back messages and as I type this I hear clicks saying more have come in. This is the second time in recent months this crap has happened. The way the program goes out is the sender adds a name to the send too field to get around the automatic lokcout by AOL When AOL detects electronicly generated messages trying to send out many at once the AOL system trips a security measure that scrambles all user names on an account and all passwords. This sender is getting around that by adding a proper name first and last something like John Dough _ [email protected] and when these messages bounce I get them. It is obvious Phishing so if you are an AOL user, you might reset your password and security question. Thanks, Ken. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
