[TechAssist] Re: Warning- watch out for fake RETURNED MAILmessages in your inboxes
- From: Al L <alleathe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Bil Green <tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 16:29:32 -0400
Just had one that suggested "details in attachment"! Bastards. Thanks. al
Al Leatherman
224 Rt. 46
Mine Hill, NJ. 07803
973-361-5796
WWW.ALS-TV.NET
----- Original Message -----
From: "teltek3" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bil Green" <tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "Gary McCartney"
<techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 4:09 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Warning- watch out for fake RETURNED MAIL messages
in your inboxes
> I don't even bother opening these up, I just delete them. Nothing I send
is
> so important that I have to lose sleep over why it didn't get there.
> -Ed-
> Tel-Tek Electronics
> Ontario-Canada
> teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bil Green" <tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Gary McCartney" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 3:07 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Warning- watch out for fake RETURNED MAIL
messages
> in your inboxes
>
>
> > Hi Gary,
> >
> > Thanks for the warning. This would be one of the easiest mistakes for
> > someone that sends out a lot of e-mails. Up till now I have always
> > trusted e-mails titled "Returned Mail".
> >
> > --
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Bil Green
> > 2001 TV VCR
> > Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
> > 760-934-2001 mailto:tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Wednesday, August 20, 2003, 11:54:38 AM, you wrote:
> >
> > GM> I just got an email entitled: "Returned mail: see transcript for
> > GM> details"
> >
> >
> > GM> See copy below (minus the attachment of course). I never sent this
> email
> > GM> to the addressee and I never attached a file called "Your
> document.pif"
> >
> > GM> This is obviously a worm ready to be executed if I would click on
the
> > GM> file, which I won't. I will delete the email instead.
> >
> > GM> I figured it is important to let the list members know about this
> before
> > GM> anyone accidently clicks on a file in a similar type of email.
> >
> >
> > GM> Gary McCartney
> >
> > GM> McCartney Electronics
> > GM> Guelph Ontario Canada
> > GM> Est. 1984
> > GM> email: gary (at) number63.ca
> >
> >
> >
>
GM> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------------------
> >
> >
> > GM> COPY OF EMAIL:
> >
> > GM> Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details
> > GM> Date:
> > GM> Wed, 20 Aug 2003 20:42:04 +0200
> > GM> From:
> > GM> Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > GM> To:
> > GM> <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > GM> The original message was received at Wed, 20 Aug 2003 20:41:56 +0200
> > GM> from adsl-65-65-202-89.dsl.stlsmo.swbell.net [65.65.202.89]
> >
> > GM> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> > GM> <gyeublitzkrieg24@xxxxxxx>
> > GM> (reason: 550 unknown user <gyeublitzkrieg24@xxxxxxx>)
> >
> > GM> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> > GM> ... while talking to mail.comb.es.:
> > >>>> RCPT To:<gyeublitzkrieg24@xxxxxxx>
> > GM> <<< 550 unknown user <gyeublitzkrieg24@xxxxxxx>
> > GM> 550 5.1.1 <gyeublitzkrieg24@xxxxxxx>... User unknown
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > GM> Reporting-MTA: dns; webs.comb.es
> > GM> Received-From-MTA: DNS; adsl-65-65-202-89.dsl.stlsmo.swbell.net
> > GM> Arrival-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 20:41:56 +0200
> >
> > GM> Final-Recipient: RFC822; gyeublitzkrieg24@xxxxxxx
> > GM> Action: failed
> > GM> Status: 5.1.1
> > GM> Remote-MTA: DNS; mail.comb.es
> > GM> Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 unknown user <gyeublitzkrieg24@xxxxxxx>
> > GM> Last-Attempt-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 20:42:04 +0200
> >
> >
> > GM> Subject:
> > GM> Re: Approved
> > GM> Date:
> > GM> Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:59:19 --0500
> > GM> From:
> > GM> <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > GM> To:
> > GM> <gyeublitzkrieg24@xxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> >
> > GM> See the attached file for details
> >
> >
> >
> > GM> your_document.pif
> >
> > GM> Name:
> > GM> your_document.pif
> > GM> Type:
> > GM> Shortcut to MS-DOS Program
> > GM> (application/x-unknown-content-type-piffile)
> > GM> Encoding:
> > GM> base64
> > GM> --
> >
> > GM>
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