A few days ago I received this:
From: Bryony Barnes <[email protected]>
To: Mike <h4gtx.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Next edition of QM
Under it was the same green box you've included in the mail below to the
groups and under that it said: 17:08:49 29-December-2018 (H4gtx).
I also had a message to my tabor60@gmail account which was similar and
from the same person. The subject was H4GTX but I can't remember the
details as I deleted that one. It seems that the sender might know I
used to own the white H4 with the number H4GTX and also that I was
previously the editor of QM - not something the 'public' would know
unless someone's e-mail address has been hacked. This type of message
should always be deleted - without opening!
Mike
On 31/12/2018 11:29, 'Steve Kodź' via Quantum Owners Group wrote:
Martin,
I have recently received a strange that sounds similar to the one you
received. Mine had the subject "Re: Fw: My silver Q" and had a green
image labelled "Display Message" - attached is a screen capture of
that image which is safe to view.
The image if clicked would lead to a website link that I strongly
suspect would try to download malware. Therefore if anyone else is
receiving unexpected emails like this be very careful when opening them.
As a general rule if you are not expecting an email do not trust its
contents. This is especially true for any emails relating to payments
and/or invoices. The bad guys has started compromising company email
accounts and sending out emails requesting backing/payment details are
updated to their back account rather than the legitimate owner. If
you receive emails of this nature from someone you know always call
them on a known number (do not use a number on their signature as that
might be updated too!) to confirm.
To answer Martin's question I would think it is more likely that
someone else has their computer/email account compromised. My email
came from a Hotmail account, but I do not see that account within this
group.
To minimise the risk of an email account becoming compromised I would
strongly recommend a good password (think of something ~17 characters
long) that is unique to that account. Also all the big email
providers, Facebook, Twitter etc will offer some form of 2-factor
authentication and this should be enabled. A long password might be
difficult to remember, so utilise a decent password manager so you
only have to remember a single strong password. For work and personal
reasons I have over 200 passwords and without a password manager I
wouldn't have a hope of remembering them all - I only have 3 that I
need to remember and the reset are stored in password managers.
I know from professional experience that companies are losing money to
the bad guys via this type of social engineering so please be cautious
when opening emails.
Regards,
Steve
On 30/12/2018 16:27, Susan and Martin Scott wrote:
Hi all,
hope all Quantumers (not forgetting other kit car owners) had a
good Christmas! I had a message this morning entitled "Brush painting
gel coat" from someone called Barry. If Barry has my email via the
group that's not a problem, but the message had no script, just
attachment so looked suspicious I deleted it. If Barry wants to pick
my brains then no problem, can he send another note!
To Jim, Steve or other techi people....... Is it possible (or even
likely) that my computer had been infiltrated by someone who's
gathered a subject and my email name (which isn't used in many
places) and sent something malicious?
Martin
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