[TechAssist] Re: Warning- watch out for fake RETURNED MAIL messages in yourinboxes
- From: "harry fogarty" <snoopys2002@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:13:53 -0700
I had them come into my email also but I deleted them before opening them
for the files was to big. And also there is one that is using some of the
members email address and with those ones, it was easy to spot for it would
not show the persons name in the senders list. Only there email address.
Harry Fogarty
Prince Rupert Repairs
Prince Rupert B.C.
Canada
Tel: (250)-624-9401
Fax: (250)-624-4893
>From: Gary McCartney <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [TechAssist] Warning- watch out for fake RETURNED MAIL messages in
>your inboxes
>Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 14:54:38 -0400
>
>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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