Recent Spam Attack

From: Jerome Michael Solberg <jerome_at_eratosthenes.me.berkeley.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 21:32:53 -0700 (PDT)

 Dear Folks,

I received the following spam mail. But it had a return
address of my computer from a non-existent account, and a "to" address of
 
alpha-osf-managers_at_ornl.gov.

I went immediately to the archives and found out that an identical
article had come from:

 "J&K Enterprises"_at_sws1.ctd.ornl.gov

 So I am wondering, did other people get the same Spam with a weirdly
 modified From: and To: heading? Or do I need to do something about security
 on my system, quick!

 If not, somebody needs to check out "sws1.ctd.ornl.gov" and get rid of
 those spammers.

 Thanks

 Jerome M. Solberg
 solberg_at_me.berkeley.edu
 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Berkeley CA

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 18:43:42
From: J&K_at_eratosthenes.me.berkeley.edu
To: alpha-osf-managers_at_ornl.gov
Subject: Don't Miss This!

*************************************************************

You were selected to receive this email because of inquires and
postings that show you may have an interest in this subject content.
It is not our intention to incovenience anyone.
If this opportunity has reached you in error, please forgive us and
send a reply with "Remove" in the subject area.
**************************************************************

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Hi, my name is Jim and I am so excited about this wonderful system
that I have come across. I am a person who regularly deletes unwanted
junk mail from my mailbox. The catchy subject of this E-Mail made me
curious so I decided to read it. I read it several times and decided
what the heck, its only $20.00, and I can sure afford to let go of that
much and I figured, what do I have to lose, $20.00? I've always been
taught, nothing ventured, nothing gained, and I realize the scams out
--------------------rest of spam deleted-------------------------------
 
 
Received on Tue May 19 1998 - 06:34:13 NZST

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed Nov 08 2023 - 11:53:37 NZDT