Got one of these today, had one last year. Thanks anyway for the heads up Dave
On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 9:52 AM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
