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It's not a real order -- don't reply to it! It's just a scam, and
potentially a criminal one. I sent a copy to the FTC.
Bill Spruiell
Dept. of English
Central Michigan University
-----Original Message-----
From: malessi [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 9:12 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Payment
I didn't order anything either. What do I do? Is this a real order
that I need to cancel with someone? Is this something that will
continue to happen on this list? If so, I will have to discontinue my
membership. Our technology department has a strict policy.
Marcia Alessi
On Monday, April 5, 2004, at 03:49 PM, Spruiell, William C wrote:
> I believe the original message was a "phishing" attempt. It had an
> attached ActiveX control -- I'm not sure what it was designed to do,
> but
> it probably wasn't kosher (a lot of these send your email address back
> to the senders so they know who has a live connection that can be
> tapped
> into; you can set your internet browser to deactivate those). There's
> been a rash of these lately that work by using a line in the header
> that
> alarms the reader into opening the message and clicking on the link in
> it (there's even a term for being tricky like that: "social
> engineering"; it makes "malware" more virulent).
>
>
> The FTC has a good list of suggestions on the topic at the address
> below:
>
> http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/phishingalrt.htm
>
>
>
> Bill Spruiell
>
> Dept. of English
> Central Michigan University
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edgar Schuster [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 4:35 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Payment
>
> I didn't buy anything.
>
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