[TechAssist] Re: Warning- watch out for fake RETURNED MAIL messages in your inboxes

  • From: "Bailes Electronics" <trustnhim5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 16:56:08 -0400

I've gotten three today, myself. Norton took of yhem too.
Max
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "walter wood" <wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 3:08 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Warning- watch out for fake RETURNED MAIL messages
in your inboxes


> I've already gotten 3 of these today.
> Norton took care of it.
> Walter
> --- Gary McCartney <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I just got an email entitled:  "Returned mail:
> > see transcript for
> > details"
> >
> >
> > See copy below (minus the attachment of course).
> > I never sent this email
> > to the addressee and I never attached a file
> > called "Your document.pif"
> >
> > This is obviously a worm ready to be executed if
> > I would click on the
> > file, which I won't. I will delete the email
> > instead.
> >
> > I figured it is important to let the list members
> > know about this before
> > anyone accidently clicks on a file in a similar
> > type of email.
> >
> >
> > Gary McCartney
> >
> > McCartney Electronics
> > Guelph Ontario Canada
> > Est. 1984
> > email: gary (at) number63.ca
> >
> >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------
> >
> >
> > COPY OF EMAIL:
> >
> >  Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for
> > details
> >    Date:
> >         Wed, 20 Aug 2003 20:42:04 +0200
> >    From:
> >         Mail Delivery Subsystem
> > <MAILER-DAEMON@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >      To:
> >         <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The original message was received at Wed, 20 Aug
> > 2003 20:41:56 +0200
> > from adsl-65-65-202-89.dsl.stlsmo.swbell.net
> > [65.65.202.89]
> >
> >    ----- The following addresses had permanent
> > fatal errors -----
> > <gyeublitzkrieg24@xxxxxxx>
> >     (reason: 550 unknown user
> > <gyeublitzkrieg24@xxxxxxx>)
> >
> >    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> > ... while talking to mail.comb.es.:
> > >>> RCPT To:<gyeublitzkrieg24@xxxxxxx>
> > <<< 550 unknown user <gyeublitzkrieg24@xxxxxxx>
> > 550 5.1.1 <gyeublitzkrieg24@xxxxxxx>... User
> > unknown
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Reporting-MTA: dns; webs.comb.es
> > Received-From-MTA: DNS;
> > adsl-65-65-202-89.dsl.stlsmo.swbell.net
> > Arrival-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 20:41:56 +0200
> >
> > Final-Recipient: RFC822; gyeublitzkrieg24@xxxxxxx
> > Action: failed
> > Status: 5.1.1
> > Remote-MTA: DNS; mail.comb.es
> > Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 unknown user
> > <gyeublitzkrieg24@xxxxxxx>
> > Last-Attempt-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 20:42:04
> > +0200
> >
> >
> >  Subject:
> >         Re: Approved
> >    Date:
> >         Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:59:19 --0500
> >    From:
> >         <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >      To:
> >         <gyeublitzkrieg24@xxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> >
> > See the attached file for details
> >
> >
> >
> >    your_document.pif
> >
> >                      Name:
> >                            your_document.pif
> >                       Type:
> >                            Shortcut to MS-DOS
> > Program
> > (application/x-unknown-content-type-piffile)
> >                   Encoding:
> >                            base64
> > --
> >
> >
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