Thank you, Bob, noted. No sign here, but I did receive an email last month,
purportedly from DHL, with the usual invoice attached. It looked perfect,
just as normal, though the attached invoice was a Word documents, not PDF.
Odd. Then I noticed it had been sent to the wrong email address (i.e. not
dhl@xxxxxxxx) and therefore not from DHL at all. Wow, that was *close*.
Piers
PS Jez, don't forget to tell us about your Mum's scam :-)
PPS Remind me to tell you how useful it can be to have one's own domain with
multiple email addressed to filter incoming mail.
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus
[mailto:olympus-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Jez Cunningham
Sent: 09 December 2015 08:30
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] (OT) ScamScamAppleScamManchesterScam
Thanks - also received it but with a gmail warning and with the attachment
suppressed.
Cheers
Jez
Remind me to tell you all sometime how my 88-yr old Mum just got scammed
:-( ...
On Tuesday, December 8, 2015, Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Got an email today on a no-longer-used email account. From
> Manchesterarndale@xxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>, purporting to be my receipt
> from the Apple
> Store. There is an Apple Store in Arndale/Manchester. Everything looked
> exactly like previous Apple receipts I've received here in Maine, except
> that the attachment was an Excel (.xls) spreadsheet.
>
> This did not seem right. Googling Manchesterarndale@xxxxxxxxx
> <javascript:;> brought up
> the expected malware warning. It can be either an Excel (.xls) or a Word
> (.doc or .docx) attachment, and it's one of those malware programs that
> goes after passwords and banking information.
>
> According to the supposed authorities on several sites, the malware works
> on Windows only. Apple users need not worry. Nevertheless, I ran a malware
> program for Macs I have installed, and I came up clean. The email has been
> deleted.
>
> I pass this along particularly for those in the UK who might be tempted to
> click on something, even though I realize (realise) this is unlikely with
> this group.
>
> I strongly oppose the death penalty, except for people who write malware
> and viruses. I think _that's_ where our drone program should concentrate.
> (Tongue halfway in cheek.)
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> Certified Neanderthal
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