[Coco] OT - Spam and Phishing

[Sean]

If you can look at the full SMTP headers, you can see if it was actually
sent from that account/mail server, or just a spoofed address from a
different mail server in some other country.  If it wasn't really sent from
the actual account, it's pointless to let the person know.

On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 10:50 PM, Steve Ostrom <smostrom7 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Sorry to make this off-topic post, but I have a question about spam and
> phishing, and know many of you are computer experts, and there is a slight
> lull in the Coco conversation right now.
>
> Yesterday I received an e-mail, supposedly from a friend and recent
> co-worker.  It looked odd so I did not open it, but right clicked the
> message to look at the properties.  It showed,
>
> "Kimberly Bombard" <rlee at greenwoodtel.com>
> Subject: FWD: new product
>
> It was obviously bogus and spoofing my friend's name.  Should I write an
> e-mail to "rlee" and tell that person it looks like his or her computer has
> been hacked and is being used to send out spam? My computer is pretty well
> protected against invasion, and I'm quite careful about where I go on-line.
> Where is the most likely leak so this spammer knew Kim and I were friends?
> Kim's computer or mine, knowing that I received this e-mail from her and
> she did not receive the e-mail from me?  She is listed in my contacts as
> "Kim Bombard", not Kimberly, but her work e-mail address in my contacts is
> Kimberly.Bombard at ...".
>
> Comments?  And I apologize again for the OT.
>
> --- Steve ---
>
>
> --
> Coco mailing list
> Coco at maltedmedia.com
> https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
>