Hi All!
I think it had been mentioned before here, but I've received a new
messages with a fake photo.net invoice, so there is probably a new wave of
scam messages that are using previously hacked database of photo.net
accounts. (I used a unique e-mail address for registration for photo.net
account, so, the only way it could be exposed is if their user database
was hacked.)
The previous "wave" was in September 2017.
Today's message came from <[email protected]>, but yours could be
different. The Subject line says: "Photo.net Your account switched Premium
Membership"
In any case, - as always, - do not follow the link(s).
Actually, with this message, - you'd better not open it, especially if the
remote images are not disabled in your e-mail reader (such as
Thunderbird).
From my analysis, the only active "payload" of the message I received is
tracking of which e-mail addresses are working via an image with a
unique remote link (which could be broken).
Using this opportunity, let me recommend: - in general, in Thunderbird,
you want to keep Tools->Options-> (tab) Privacy -> "Allow remote content
in messages" NOT check-marked.
This is the default value, and you do not want to change that to avoid
automatic confirmation of the validity of your e-mail address for
spammers.
(Other modern e-mail programs have a similar setting.)
HTH,
Igor
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