[Roadsters] OT: Fraudster email address (was: Part request email from the other day?)

[John F Sandhoff]

Just more OT chatter to keep people aware of how fraudsters work...

> The ... at siemens.com is a business E-mail -- a legitimate Siemens
> address, unless there's a way to fake a corporate address.

Faking an address - not so easy (possible, but unlikely).
STOLEN email address - almost definitely. I bet the real
Mr. Freundlich of Siemens had no idea that his email had been
hijacked and was being used to give an air of authenticity to some
scamming action. He possibly still doesn't know.

Credit card numbers, SSN's, bank routing numbers, brokerage
credentials, ebay accounts, email addresses - they're all bought and
sold (for surprisingly little, as there's such a glut of stolen data out
there). What possible use is there for a stolen email address? Well,
now you know...

-- John
     John F Sandhoff   sandhoff at csus.edu   Sacramento, CA