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On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Peter Hunsberger <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:
> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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> > 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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> Yes, my e-mail was hacked yesterday morning. :( If you get anymore
> messages from [log in to unmask], it isn't me.
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