On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Folks, I just got an email purporting to be from Kathy Jo Pink saying she
> was travelling in Spain and was in trouble, and could I wire her money to
> help her out.  Do NOT respond as it's a scam.
>
> Aside from the fact that it's not in her usual style and that she'd be so
> excited she would have told us about it, it's a scam that's been going
> around for years.
>
> KJP, your email account has been hacked.  You need to change your password
> for that email account as soon as possible.
>

It's unlikely that KJP's e-mail was hacked.  Far more likely that her
e-mail address was spoofed.  There are hacker / black hat toolkits
that will let you create an e-mail with any arbitrary header you want,
you can pretend the e--mail is from anyone and you can set a fake
reply to address.  When money is involved never assume any e-mail is
from whom it claims (unless you have encrypted and / or public
signature signed e-mails)....

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