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 To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
