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

[Daryl Smith]

I was rather surprised a couple of weeks ago when I got a spam email 
from....myself!!
I don't know how they did it, or how I can prevent it in the future, but I 
did some thorough scans, and bought
this "Alpha Shield"  ( http://www.alphashield.com/ ) on sale at the local 
computer shop, just for insurance....

Daryl


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John F Sandhoff" <sandhoff at csus.edu>
To: "Gary and Cindy Ault" <aultgc at att.net>
Cc: <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 1:35 PM
Subject: [Roadsters] OT: Fraudster email address (was: Part request email 
from the other day?)


> 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