As seen in a post on Security Basics list:

The Infrastructure Forum of the U.K. has warned that "out of office"
auto-replies are used by thieves to target empty houses. The thieves
purchase lists of e-mail addresses and mass-mail the list, hoping to receive
"out of office" responses. Criminals then cross-reference the e-mail address
to online directories to discover names, addresses, and phone numbers.  More
than 120 warnings about the scam were received by the Corporate IT Forum.

full article at http://www.vnunet.com/News/1137316

John Tolmachoff MCSE, CSSA
IT Manager, Network Engineer
RelianceSoft, Inc.
Fullerton, CA  92835
www.reliancesoft.com




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