[Scpg] WARNING Re: Emergency

[John Calvert]

I have examined the mail headers of the message and it appears that the From: address
was "spoofed" meaning that it really wasn't sent from Shelly's gmail account. It is very easy to
spoof the From: address... anyone can do it. The only way to stop this kind of spam
is for the recipient mailserver -- in this case @arashi.com -- to enforce the SPF anti-spam
protocol. SPF verifies that the originating mail server's IP address is an allowed sender
for the domain of the From: address.

JC

On 3/3/11 9:39 AM, Adam Green wrote:
> It is a scam. A colleague of mine had this exact thing happen to her a few months ago. The wording is identical. Let Shelley know that someone has broken into her email address. My colleague was unable to access her account because the hackers went in and changed her password.
>
> Adam K. Green, PhD
> Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies Program Coordinator, Director of Center for Sustainability,
> Santa Barbara City College
> 721 Cliff Dr.
> Biological Sciences, EBS 323
> Santa Barbara, CA 93109-2394
> office: (805) 965-0581 ext 2394
> fax: (805) 730-3050
> email: green at sbcc.edu
> http://sustainability.sbcc.edu
>>>> John Calvert<jcalvert at crystal3.com>  03/03/11 5:13 AM>>>
> This must be a scam.  It looks like someone spoofed Shelly's email address as the sender, possibly using a Yahoo account, from Nigeria, possibly involving jclements82 at sbcglobal.net.
>
>
> On 3/3/11 5:00 AM, Shelly Cobb wrote:
>> Apologies for having to reach out to you like this, but I made a quick trip to the UK and had my bag stolen from me with my passport and credit cards in it. The  embassy has cooperated by issuing a temporary passport, I just have to pay for a ticket  and settle Hotel bills.
>>
>> To be honest,i don't have money with me,I've made contact with my bank but the best they could do was to send me a new card in the mail which will take 2-4 working days to arrive here.i was thinking of asking you to lend me some quick funds that i can give back as soon as i am out  of here,i  really need to make a last minute flight.
>> I can furnish you with info on how you will get me the money. You can reach me via hotel's desk phone, the number
>> is, +44701738 472918.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Shelly
>>
>>
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>
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