Re: [Elecraft] Sad News!!! *SCAM* pls ignore it

2010-09-25 Thread Gary Hinson
_BUMMER!_ Don't worry Guy, it's *definitely* a scam, a very common one at that with minor variations. I see it roughly once a month, usually (like this one) from someone on one of the many work/hobby email reflectors I monitor. If you receive something like this, are concerned and want to

Re: [Elecraft] Sad News!!! *SCAM* pls ignore it

2010-09-25 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Often it has nothing to do with the person whose e-mail address is used. If he has ever exchanged e-mails with someone who has an infected computer, it can just as easily come from there according to the folks at my ISP. Often the virus looks through the e-mail addresses stored on the machine it

Re: [Elecraft] Sad News!!! *SCAM* pls ignore it

2010-09-25 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 04:12:25PM -0700 I heard the voice of Ron D'Eau Claire, and lo! it spake thus: Often the virus looks through the e-mail addresses stored on the machine it has infected and chooses one at random to spoof as the originator. Remember (or, well, learn for the first time

Re: [Elecraft] Sad News!!! *SCAM* pls ignore it

2010-09-25 Thread Bill K9YEQ
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ron D'Eau Claire Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 6:12 PM To: 'Gary Hinson'; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Sad News!!! *SCAM* pls ignore it Often it has nothing to do with the person whose e-mail address is used. If he has ever exchanged

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2010-09-25 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
END of this thread and all related ones under various similar subject lines. 73, Eric Elecraft Moderator On 9/25/2010 4:28 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 04:12:25PM -0700 I heard the voice of Ron D'Eau Claire, and lo! it spake thus: Often the virus looks through the