Re: OT: Phishing spam
Unfortunately, it's enough to be member of the PDML if the infected party is using a POP3/IMAP/Exchange client to read the List, rather than using webmail. The mail address of a poster is stored in the header of all mails and can be scavenged from the inbox and/or sent elements by the 'bot. Brings even more pertinence to batting down the hatches... :-) Jostein 2009/4/6 Bob W p...@web-options.com: I received some phishing spam on this email address today. I only use it for PDML and for replies to offlist emails from PDMLers. In the PDML archives the email addresses are hidden. Ergo, a PDMLer who has contacted me offlist, or one of their other correspondents, has had their address book raided by spyware. Please batten down the hatches. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: Phishing spam
I received some phishing spam on this email address today. I only use it for PDML and for replies to offlist emails from PDMLers. In the PDML archives the email addresses are hidden. Ergo, a PDMLer who has contacted me offlist, or one of their other correspondents, has had their address book raided by spyware. Please batten down the hatches. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Phishing spam
On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 10:42:33PM +0100, Bob W wrote: I received some phishing spam on this email address today. I only use it for PDML and for replies to offlist emails from PDMLers. In the PDML archives the email addresses are hidden. Ergo, a PDMLer who has contacted me offlist, or one of their other correspondents, has had their address book raided by spyware. There's another possibility. I've had accounts nailed by spam that I *NEVER* gave out the address to, because they were a three letter acronym. Spammers will hit all combinations of three letters at a domain, and it seems that some hit four letters (pdml) as well. -- The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post the wrong answer. Larry Colen l...@red4est.comhttp://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT: Phishing spam
I received some phishing spam on this email address today. I only use it for PDML and for replies to offlist emails from PDMLers. In the PDML archives the email addresses are hidden. Ergo, a PDMLer who has contacted me offlist, or one of their other correspondents, has had their address book raided by spyware. There's another possibility. I've had accounts nailed by spam that I *NEVER* gave out the address to, because they were a three letter acronym. Spammers will hit all combinations of three letters at a domain, and it seems that some hit four letters (pdml) as well. Could be. A 1 in 26x26x26x26 chance = about 1 in 450,000. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Phishing spam
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Could be. A 1 in 26x26x26x26 chance = about 1 in 450,000. The other 449,999 probably also got hit, at a cost of $0.00 each to the spammer. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Phishing spam
Nothing unusual here so far, Bob. I suspect my address was not among the harvested. LF Bob W escreveu: I received some phishing spam on this email address today. I only use it for PDML and for replies to offlist emails from PDMLers. In the PDML archives the email addresses are hidden. Ergo, a PDMLer who has contacted me offlist, or one of their other correspondents, has had their address book raided by spyware. Please batten down the hatches. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Luiz Felipe luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br http://techmit.com.br/luizfelipe/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Phishing spam
I believe the list as a whole would receive spam in this case. Seems a problem with only part of the users - maybe just a few. I received only the usual mail charge. LF Matthew Hunt escreveu: On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Could be. A 1 in 26x26x26x26 chance = about 1 in 450,000. The other 449,999 probably also got hit, at a cost of $0.00 each to the spammer. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Luiz Felipe luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br http://techmit.com.br/luizfelipe/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Phishing spam
Larry Colen wrote: On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 10:42:33PM +0100, Bob W wrote: I received some phishing spam on this email address today. I only use it for PDML and for replies to offlist emails from PDMLers. In the PDML archives the email addresses are hidden. Ergo, a PDMLer who has contacted me offlist, or one of their other correspondents, has had their address book raided by spyware. There's another possibility. I've had accounts nailed by spam that I *NEVER* gave out the address to, because they were a three letter acronym. Spammers will hit all combinations of three letters at a domain, and it seems that some hit four letters (pdml) as well. There's at least one more possibility, too. If your email address is in the signature you use on PDML, then it's in the PDML archives, too, and can be scraped from there. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT: Phishing spam
Larry Colen wrote: On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 10:42:33PM +0100, Bob W wrote: I received some phishing spam on this email address today. I only use it for PDML and for replies to offlist emails from PDMLers. In the PDML archives the email addresses are hidden. Ergo, a PDMLer who has contacted me offlist, or one of their other correspondents, has had their address book raided by spyware. There's another possibility. I've had accounts nailed by spam that I *NEVER* gave out the address to, because they were a three letter acronym. Spammers will hit all combinations of three letters at a domain, and it seems that some hit four letters (pdml) as well. There's at least one more possibility, too. If your email address is in the signature you use on PDML, then it's in the PDML archives, too, and can be scraped from there. it's not in my signature. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
