Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jun 21, 2008 19:55:40 GMT
Had a disturbing e-mail today which appeared to be from YahooGroups, telling me that apparently I had sent an e-mail at 3.30 today to tmuk-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com, but that they couldn't unsubscribe me from that group because I am a group owner. It then quoted the e-mail I had apparently sent, which appeared to have my Yahoo e-mail address in the "From:" field, and a .exe attachment, and asked me to click on a genuine-looking link to help.yahoo.com for further information.
My e-mail account doesn't appear to be compromised (I've changed the password to be on the safe side), and the e-mail I received from YahooGroups appears to be a genuine automated message in response to a group owner trying to unsubscribe from their own group (which they can't do).
It looks to me like someone has faked an e-mail from me with a .exe attachment in order to have YahooGroups bounce it back to the real me, hoping I will click the attachment, since it comes from a known sender.
'Tis deleted now.
Anyone else had a similar experience?
Martin
My e-mail account doesn't appear to be compromised (I've changed the password to be on the safe side), and the e-mail I received from YahooGroups appears to be a genuine automated message in response to a group owner trying to unsubscribe from their own group (which they can't do).
It looks to me like someone has faked an e-mail from me with a .exe attachment in order to have YahooGroups bounce it back to the real me, hoping I will click the attachment, since it comes from a known sender.
'Tis deleted now.
Anyone else had a similar experience?
Martin
