| Post ID |
Timestamp |
Content |
User |
| 779662 |
2009-06-04 11:37:00 |
I received an email with a pdf attachment from a friend. Some hours later I received an identical email with the same pdf attachment except the the sender was identified in the main window (Thunderbird) as Commonwealth Bank and the recipient as sales@xxxx (in place of evan@xxxx). In the message pane the sender was identified as evan@xxxx and myself as recipient. On clicking on reply to sender I get the email address: Commonwealth Bank <memberservice@nstar.com> and the message sender appears as Commonwealth Bank (not evan). I am aware of the current scam with Commonwealth Bank and assume this is somehow related. My question is how does an email get appear to be identical in the message pane and I can see no difference when I look at the message source excepting the pdf attachment on the false email is not a true pdf but a mere image . Is my friend's computer somehow affected that his email could be copied? Could my PC have generated this email? Anyone else experienced anything similar?
I could add that the subject text was not the same in both emails. The false one read: "You have one new message". |
bpt2 (6653) |
| 779663 |
2009-06-04 13:23:00 |
you have answered your own ?,yes it is a scam & your friends pc may very well be sending his or her whole address list the same message. |
shell49 (7096) |
| 779664 |
2009-06-04 13:33:00 |
So my friends PC is somehow affected or infected? |
bpt2 (6653) |
| 779665 |
2009-06-04 14:13:00 |
without actually looking at your friends pc i cant say for sure but there is a chance that something has gotten into the mail system. |
shell49 (7096) |
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