Hi Pat, Yes, a friend received an email purporting to come from me, with the address “@cybercanvas.ca <http://cybercanvas.ca/>”
Very odd – and definitely spam, I am sure. Gilly > On 10 Aug 2015, at 18:02, Pat Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Afternoon all > > Not entirely Mac related but curious as to whether anyone else has noticed > this new (to me) spam phenomenon. > > I've been getting quite a few emails from names I know but where their email > address has been altered after the @. So for example [email protected] has > been changed to [email protected]. These are often addressed Dear Pat and > signed Jerry J Smith. Some contain links and some don't have anything other > than 'Just wondered if you got my recent email.' so I wonder why bother! > > The very latest one though has had the entire email address changed. > > I didn't notice the email addresses had been altered until I replied to one > saying they should check their account as it looked like it had been hacked > but of course I got an undelivered message back. > > I assume their address HAS been hacked to associate me with them because the > other recipients aren't known to me? There seems to be a spread of yahoo, > hotmail and aol addresses. > > Any observations, comments welcome. > > > Best wishes > > Pat > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. 31 Castle Street Wallingford OX10 8DL 01491 825178 07943 409403 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
